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MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS 



IN 



THE OLD CEMETERY 



AT 



RUTLAND, 

WORCESTER COUNTY, MASS., 



"Laid out" June 7, 1717 




Seal of Rutland, Mass. 



Edited by 
David Everett Phii.i,ips, 

Life Member of The " Old Northwest " Genealogical Society 
Columbus, Ohio 



Published by 
The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Society 



COLUMBUS, OHIO 

1902 



ed CO; 
:d, of which this 

No. 





THE lU'FUS IM'TNAM lloUSE, 
IU'TLAM>, \\'iiR(:KSTKI: COUNTY, MasSACIII'SETTS. 



MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS 



IN 



THE OLD CEMETERY 



AT 



RUTLAND, 

WORCESTER COUNTY, MASS., 

"Laid out" June 7, 171 7 




Seal of Rutland, Mass. 



Edited by 
David Everett Phili^ips, 

lyife Member of The " Old Northwest " Genealogical Society 
Columbus, Ohio 



Published by 
The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Society 



COLUMBUS. OHIO 
1902 



p. 



MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS IN THE OLD CEME- 
TERY OF RUTLAND, WORCESTER CO., MASS.* 



Rutland, which has aptly been called the "Cradle of Ohio," 
is situated in the center of the state of Massachusetts. Its 
scenery is picturesque and beautiful, abounding in hills and 
vales, brooks and natural lakes. Its principal street (or road) 
one and one-half miles long and teji rods in width, begins at the 
"Old Putnam house" and ascends the hill 1250 feet above the 
level of the sea to the center village, from which may be seen 
the towns and villages in every direction. Mountains nearly 
one hundred miles distant are visible. The blue hills of Milton, 
near the Atlantic, the Highlands on the Connecticut, VVachu- 
sett rises close at hand in the adjacent town of Princeton, while 
old Monadnock rears his rugged outline against the northern 
sky. 

The territory embracing this town was purchased from the 
Indians December 22, 1686, settled 1713, incorporated May 30, 
1722. Its situation has protected it against the encroachments 
of modern life, although its pure air and fine scenery has of late 
given it quite wide celebrity as a health resort. 

Rutland is rich in historic reminiscence. Its first called min- 
ister, together with two or three members of one of its first 
families, fell victims of the tomahawk of the savage. During 
the Indian troubles, 1723-30, Capt. Samuel Wright, one of its 
first proprietors and foremost citizens, led the scouts who pa- 
troled the settlements from Brookfield to Lancaster and Sud- 
bury. From 1744 to 1760, in the French and Indian war, her 
young men did valiant and effective service. It was a war of 
races, the Latin against the Anglo-Saxon, for supremacy on 
this soil. Not less than eight companies, under their own offi- 
cers, marched from these hills to the frontiers on the Hudson, 
and Lakes George and Champlain. On their rolls are the 



■■■•They were transcribed in 1880, by Mr. James Andrew Smith, and collated with public 
and private records by Mr. Louis M. HanfF, Clerk of Rutland. They are owned by his 
daughter, Mrs. Harriet"(Smith) Bush, of Brookfield, Mass., who placed them at the disposal 
of the collator for publication. 



4 Monume7ital Inscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 

familiar names, Phelps, How, Stone, Wheeler, Moore, Clark, 
Rice, Reed, Davis, etc. These years of training and discipline 
in the arts of war prepared them for the greater contest to 
follow. 

In the war of the Revolution the town took prompt action and 
furnished many volunteers, who served with honor and distinc- 
tion throughout that great struggle. Two fell at Bunker Hill^ 
and a score or more were at Dorchester and the evacuation of 
Boston. In 1778, a division of Burgoyne's surrendered army 
were quartered here, extensive barracks having been erected 
for their use. Rutland, however, owes its greatest distinction 
in having been for eight years the home of Gen. Rufus Putnam, 
" Founder and Father of Ohio." His dwelling was built by Col. 
John Murray, Rutland's wealthiest and most honored citizen, 
who at the beginning of the Revolution held an official position 
under the crown and refusing to resign fled from the town and 
province never to return. His estates were confiscated and sold 
and this house was purchased by Gen. Rufus Putnam. It was 
in this house, on the 9th of January, 1786, that Gen. Tupper 
reported to Gen Putnam the result of his inquiries concerning 
the "Ohio Country." "The two veterans sat up together all 
night, and by daybreak had formed the plan which resulted in 
the organization of the 'Ohio Company' and its settlement at 
Marietta," and thus Rutland has earned its title, '' Cradle of Ohio y 

The old mansion, together with about 150 acres of land, has 
been purchased and its title will be vested in the Trustees of 
National Reservations, to be preserved as a " Memorial of Gen. 
Putnam." On September 17, 1898, a bronze tablet was placed 
at the front entrance bearing the following inscription :* 



■ The address upon this occasion was delivered by Hon. George F. Hoar, Senior Senator 
from Massachusetts, to whom is largely due the preservation of the " Putnam Memorial." 



Monumental Inscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 



Here 

FROM I78r TO 1788 
DWELT 

General Rufus Putnam 

Soldier of the Old French War 
Engineer of the Works 

WHICH COMPELLED THE BRITISH ARMyI 

to evacuate boston 

and of the fortifications of 

West Point 

Founder and Father 

OF Ohio. 

In this House 

He planned and matured 

THE Scheme of the Ohio Company 

AND FROM IT ISSUED THE CALL FOR THe| 

Convention 
which led to its organization. 

Over this threshold 

He WENT TO Lead the Company 

WHICH settled Marietta 

April t i788. 

To Him 
UNDER God Is owing 

THAT THE 

GREAT Northwest Territory 

was dedicated forever to 

Freedom Education and Religion 

and that the 

United States of America 

is not now a 

great Slaveholding Empire. 



Placed by the 
Massachusetts / , ) Sons of the 
Society I^ealv Revolution 



Shortly after the settlement of the town, what is now called 
the "Old Cemetery" was set apart for burial purposes. It is 
located on nearly the highest point of land, near the meeting 
house. It is enclosed by a boulder stone wall, within which 
rest the remains of the early settlers and the fathers and moth- 
ers of those Ohio Pioneers who emigrated from this town 
in company with General Putnam and whose descendants are 
found in all parts of the " Old Northwest." Many of the graves 



6 



Monumeyital Inscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 



were never marked, and some stones have disappeared since 
Mr. Smith with such painstaking labor deciphered and tran- 
scribed their records. Many are badly broken, and all bear 
evidences of the ravages of time. 

It is quite fitting, and a source of no little gratification, that 
this Society is permitted to publish, and thus preserve in its 
archives, these records and memorials of some of the pioneers 
of the "Old Northwest." 



Here lies Buried ye 
Bodv of Colonel William 
ARBUTNATT- who died 

January ye 16 1765 
aged 88 years. 

Saci'ed 

to the Memory of 

Dean ENOCH ADAMS 

(formerly of Medtield) 

who departed this life 

July lltli 1811. 

aged 77. 

Dust thou art , and unto dust thou shall return 

DANIEL W. 
son of 
Mr. Moses and 
Mrs. Sallv Brooks 
Diied 
Aug. 17. 1823. 
-Et. 21. 
Death with his dart, has perc'd my heart, 
When 1 was in my prime ; 
When this you see, grieve not for me, 
Tvvas (.iods appointed time. 

Erected 

In Memory of 

Mrs. patty BOICE 

Wife of Mr. Tliomas 

Boice who died 

April 30 1810. 

in the 40 year 

of her age. 

Behold and see as you pass by 
As you are now so once was I 
As I am now so you must be 
Prepare for death and follow me. 

Here lies the Body 

of Mrs. 

ABIGAIL BALL 

Wife to Deacon Eleazei" 

Ballt who died Oct. 

9t.h 1741 in ye 39th 

year of her age. 



ALFRED P. 

son of 
Dea. Benjaman & 
Mrs. Polly S. Buss 
Died Marcli 1. 1829. 
.Et. 5 yrs. & 3 Mts. 
So fades the lovely, blooming flower, 
Frail smiling solace of an hour ; 
So soon our transient comforts fly, 
And pleasure only blooms to die. 

In Memory of 
Mrs. BETSY 

Relict of 
Isaac Bryant 

who died 
Jan. 2. 1845. 

.Et. 78. 



In Memory of 

Mr. Isaac 

BRYANT— 

who died 

June 4 1836. 

yEt. 74. 

Erected 

In Memory of 

Mr. WILLIAM BRIDGE* 

who died 

Feb. 9tii 1805 

in the 64 year 

of his age 

Erected 

In Memory of Miss 

POLLY BRIDGE 

Dau'r of Mr. Willm aiid 

Mrs. Mary Bridge 
_ who died Jan. 2'it 1800. 
in ye 18th year of her age 

Her life was like a morning flower. 
Cut down and withered in an hour. 



*Arbuthnott. 

tDea. Ball was one of the first proprietors 
of Rutland, and his descendants are numer- 
ous in various parts of the country.— P. 



*He was a useful citizen, an Ensign of Min- 
ute men. His widow was living in 1836, aged 
00 years. — P. 

fTown record says Jan. 1, 1800. 



Monumental Inscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 



In IMemorv of 

EDWARli H. 

son of Jonathan and 

Sarali B. Barney 
of Biston who died 
in Rutland Aug. 2. 
1826 MX, 22 Months 

Suffer little Children to come nnto me and 
forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom 
of Heaven. 

In -Vlemorv of 

JAMES BYRAN son of 

Mr. Patrick By ran 

& Mrs. Margret 

liis Avife 

He died 

June ye 11th 1774 

in the 5 year of his age. 

In INIeniorv of 
SAMUEL son of 

Capt- Samuel 

Brown* tt Sarah 

his wife died Sept- 

. 10\ii 1756 aged 

7 vears & 

2 Mouths. 



Here lies the body of 

Me. TRUSTRAM BROWNING 

who was borne in 

Rutland Septemr 22iid 

17 2 9. 

and died Jan'y, 6t^ 

1755 in the 25 

year of his age.t 

Erected 

In iMemorv of 

Lieut SAMUEL BROWNING 

who departed this Life 

Oct. ye 23'.\ 1783.t 

Aged 4.3 years 

11 IMonths & 23 days. 

Lo in the law Jehovah dwels 
But Jesus in oonecl'd 
AMiereas tlie gospel's nothing else 
But Jesus Christ reveal'd. 

Here lies the bodv 

of Mk. JAMES BROWNING— 

who received his Birth 



*Capt. Samuel Brown was brother of Eleazer 
Brown, the first settler of Hubbardston(widow 
Browns town). He was an active citizen, hold- 
ing many offices in civil and military life. 

—P. 

tNever married. 

|The records give the date of Mr. Brown- 
ing's death as Oct. 3, 178.S. Reed's History of 
Rutland gives Oct. 3, 1783 : Town Record, Oct. 
23, 1783. He was Serg't in the company of Min- 
ute Men commanded by Capt. Thomas Eustis, 
who marched from Rutland to Cambridge 
April 19, 1775. He was drowned on the eve- 
ning of Oct. 23, 1783 in crossing a stream. He 
never married.-- -P 



and Education in Scotland 

and spent the last of 

His days in this Town. 

He departed this Hfe 

Feby. 3^.1 1749. 

Aged 77.* 



In memory of tlie 

REV. JOSEPH BiJCKMINSTERt 

for more than 50 years Pastor of 

the church in Rutland, who departed 

this hfe Nov. 3".\ 1792: in the 73fl 
year of his age. He was distinguished 
for intellectual ability and ministerial 

fidelity and zeal and enchired for a 
long time the distresses of a cancerous 
complaint, wliich finally terminated 
his days. 

The grave contains all that could die 
His spirit dwells witli God on high. 

Erected 
In Memory of Lieut. 
WILLIAM BROWNING t 
wlio died 
Oct. l()th 1806. 
yEt. 83 years. 
Thou dear departed soul adieu 
Thy lifeless clay must here remain 
Till Christ this"l)ody shall renew 
Then both with Joy shall meet again. 

Erected 
In INIemoi'v of 
MISS MARTHA' brown- 
ing;^ Daughter of 
:\Ir. John & Mrs. 
Sarah Browning 



•'The age as above given is an obviou.s error, 
as his first child, AVilliam, was born in the gar- 
rison Aug. 20, 1723. He was Knuidfalher of the 
AVilliam Browning, son-in-law of Cen. Rufus 
Putnam, who was of tliat comp.iny (families) 
who left Rutland in September, 17"'.)0. 

[■He was only 23 years of age when he was 
settled the seeoiid minister of Rutland in 1742. 
His wife was Lucy Williams, whose father 
and grandfather were eminent ministers and 
whose motlier was a daughter of the cele- 
brated Dr. Solomon Stoddard of Northamp- 
tou, Mass. Their son Joseph and grandson 
.Joseph S. were among the most noted pulpit 
orators of their time. Their daughter Han- 
nah marrieil Capt. Benjamin Miles, 1780, and 
had children, Joseph liuckminster and Ben- 
jamin Hubbard (twins), b. June 21, 1781: 
Jamrs Lanman, 1783; Lucy Williams. 1785; 
William IMoore, 17^(i; Mary Prescott, 1789. In 
1700. Capt. and Mrs. Miles, with their six 
young children, made the journey to Marietta, 
Ohio, in an ox wagon, arriving in safety be- 
came the founders of most of the Miles fami- 
lies of Ohio.— P. 

JW^illiam Browning married Rebecca Mc- 
Farland of Worcester, Mass. His son W'illiam 
mairied Al'igail. dau. of Gen. Rufus Putnam 
and went to Ohiof wliere he arrived Nov. 1790. 
He never returned to his native town again. 
—P. 

^Granddaughter of Mr. James & Mrs. Eliz- 
abeth Browning. 



Moinmioital Inscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 



who died 

Au^. 2. 1808. 

.Et. 26.* 

Though the pale corpse is in the grave 

(■oiisi<4ned 
She leaves a ijatteru for her sex behind 
Tlic sun of virtue never can decay 
It shines in time, and gives eternal day. 



Erected 

111 .Steinoi V of 

MR. JOHN BROWNINGt 

wlio Died 

April 12th 1812 

Farewell My Wife and Children dear 

This worlds no more my rest 
lu heaven I hope to meet you there 
God's saints are ever blest. 



In r\Iem(irv of 

MRS. SARAH BROWNING 

Wife of 

]Mr. John Brownmg 

who deixirted this life 

Deer. 6. ISOO. 

iEt. 61. 

In ]\Iemorv of 

WATSON BROWNING 

son of 5ir. .Tames & jNIrs. 

Nabby Browning 

who died 

Sept. 2. 1805. 

.Et. 6v. 5I\I. ev 15 d. 



In Meniorv of 
WILLARD BROWN- 
ING, son of Mr. James 
& Mrs. Nal)l)y Browning 
Avho Died 
Sept 13th 1805 
^Et. 2y. 4M. & 8 d. 

In Memoiy of 

MR. 

JAMES BROWNING 

Avho died 

Jnly 20. 1820. 

^Et. 52. 



Erected 
In ]\Iemorv of 
MRS. NABBY BROWNING 
Wife of 
James Browning 
who died 
Mav 22. 1804. 
"^Et. 30. 
Thou dear departed Soul adieu 
Thv lifeless clay must here remain 
Till Christ tliis'body shall renew 
Then botli with Joy shall meet again. 
(This stone is badly broken, 1880.) 



In Memory of 

ROXY BARTLETT 

Dautr of Mr. Adonijah 

and Mrs. Rnth Bartlett 

wdio died Octr 24tii 

1801 Ao-ed 4 years 

I Months 10 days. 

In jMemorv of 

HANNAH BARTLETT 

dangi' of Mr. Levi 

& Mrs. Sally Bartlett 

who died 

Jan. I8th 1800* 

aged 4 years. 

In ^Memory of 

MRS. MARY BARTLETTt 

widow of 

Mr. Daniel Bartlett 

who died 

Jan.i 12. 1825 

.Et. 95. 

In Memory of 

LEVI son o'f Mr. 

Daniel Bartlett 

& IMary his wife 

Died Septr lt\i 1756 

Hi.s aue was 1 Year 

II Mo s. & 1 6 Days. 

In Memory of 

MR. DANIEL BARTLETT 

who died 

Deer 17 1801. 

.Et. 8 3. 

In ]\Iemory of ]\Irs 
SAR.\H CLAP Wife of 

Maji- Daniel Clap? 

Who Dec'l Au!J:iist ye 23 

A. D. 1776 Which 

Day Just concluded 

the 34^1 year 

of her age. 



In 

Memory of 

MR. AARON CRAWFORD 

who died Ang. 6th 

1754. aged 77 years. 

Make use of present time 
Because you must 
Take up your lodging 
Shortly iii the dust. 



♦Town record says 25 yr. 9 mo. 
tMr. Browning m. Sarah Tuft'ts of Brook- 
field, who d. Dec. 6, 1800, aged 61 years.--P. 



*Town record says June 10, 1800. 

fThe husband of Mrs. Mary B, was son of 
Henry B., who came from Wales about 1700 
and is the common ancestor of the Bartletts 
of ISrassachusctts. — P. 

tKev. Josiah Clark's record says June 12. 
Oldest person in town. 

f;I)aniel Clapp was an active, useful citizen, 
who after the death of his wife removed to 
Worcester and was Register of Deeds for many- 
years.— P. 



Monumeiital Inscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 



Here is Buried vc 

Bodv of MR. SAMUEL 

CRAWFOKD- who 

departed this 

Life Oct. 17th 

1760 ag ed 55 years. 

In ^Memory of Mrs. 

AGNES CRAWFORD 

wife of ]\Ir. Aaron 

Crawford who 

departed this 

Hfe December 10. 

1760 

aged 82 3^ ears. 

In Memory of 

MR JAMES CUNNINGHAM 

who died Feb'y 201^ 

1786 aged 73 y? 

He was born in Ireland in the 

County of Dary ife come to 

"New Eniiiand 

1737. 

In ]\Iemorv of 

MR. EBENEZER 

CHAMBERLAIN 

who died 

Ag. 22 1830 

^t. 5 6. 

In Memory of 

MRS. POLLY 

wife of Mr. 

Ebenezer Chaml)erlain 

who died 

Noy. 7. 1830. 

.Et. 52. 



In 



Grateful Tcstimonj^ 

to the 

"Worth and services 

of the 

REV. JOSIAII CLARKEt 

this monument 

is erected 

by many 

A native of Northampton 

he departed this life 

July 11, 1845 

in the Bl^t year of liis age 

and 28tii of his Ministry 

to the 1st Congregational 

Church and Society 

in this town 

No marble eulogy thy virtues need 
For us who saw thy life— tny living breed 
Stranger of coming time, this resting i)lace 
Is his wao served his God and loved his race. 

*The Crawfords of Rutland were Irish Pres- 
byterians who brought letters from Ireland. 
Hon. \Vm. H Crawford, Scc'y of the Treasury 
and Judge of the Supreme Court of Cxcorgia 
was of this family.— P. 

tFifth minister of Rutland. 



SYDENHAM 
Died Aug. 21 ^t i823. 

/Et. 6 years. 

LUCY* SUMNER 

died Aug. 2!)th 1823. 

.Et. 20 Months. 

Children of the Rev. Josiah 

Clark and his AVife Asenatli. 

And he took them in his arms 

And blessed them. 

NANCY PARSONS 

died at Leicester 

March 2(>. 1813 ,Et, 7 Mts. 

CHARLES CHAUNCY 

died Feb'' 9. 1820. 

.Et. 15 M. 

Children of the Rev. Josiah 

& Mrs. Asenath Clark. 

SuflFer little children to come unto me 

for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven. 

Erected 

In Memory of 

MKs MARGRET COWDEN 

Wife of Mr Samuel Cowden 

who departed this life 

Janr 25th 1792 in the 

54th year of her age. 

How lov'd or valu'd now avails 

me not, 

By whom lamenfJ or by whom 

forgot, 

A little ditst is all remains of me, 

Tis all I am and all you soon must be. 



In ]\Temory of 
ME EPHRAIM 
CHURCH who 

died Sept ye 25 

1775 in the 61 

year of his 

Age. 

Far from this world of Toil and Strife 
They are present with the Lord 
The labottrs of their mortal life 
End in a large reward. 



ME. 



In Memory of 
SILAS CHURCH 

son of M'; 

Ephraim Church 

& Sarah bis wife 

Died Jany 13th 1759, 

in ye 12 year his 

age 

Erected 
In IVlcmory of 
SAMUEL COWDEN 
who died 



*Town and private record gives name Nancy 
Sumner C:iark. Josiah Clark was the fifth min- 
ister of Rutland, 1818-1815. 



10 



Monionoital Inscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 



Kov. 10.* 1812 

in the SO year 
of his age. 
Farewell niv friends and Children dear, 
To a kind piirents; voice give ear, 
SpeakinR as yon are passing by, 
Prepare for death for yon must die. 



Here Ives the bodv of 
SA^MUEL son of '^Mr. 

Samuel Cowden & 
Marearot liis wife who 

died Oct'- 4ti' 1777 
in ye S year of his age. 

Youth think on death. 



Here lies ye Body of 
IMATHEW COLLER son of 
]Mr. Archabel & ]Mf? ilargaret 

Coller who died Sept 23 
174S in ye 19'>i year os his age 

In Memory of their son John 

Coller who died at Cape 

Breton Feb'y ist/i \-\{\, in 

his 22 vear. 



In jMemorv of 

ANNA CHILD, Daug'" 

of Mr. Abiather & Mrs. 

Sarah Child who died 

Jan 26 ISOO in the 

11 year of her age. 

Her life was like a morning flower 

Cut down and withered in an hour. 

Here Lies I>uried ye 

BODY OF Ml- Dan"iel 

Campbell! Born JN 

Scotland Came into 

New England auno 171(3 

AVas nuirdered on his own 

farm in Rutland 

By Ed. Fitzpatrick an 

Irisliman on march 

ye stli anno D™ 1744 

in ye 48 year 
of his age 

Man knoweth 
not his time 

Here lies buried the 

body of MR. SLAION 

DAVIS who died on 

April ye Ot'i 1754 in the 

4lst year of his age. 

I Cro. XV. 55. O Death where is thy sting. 



In 

]\Iemorv of 

MRS. MARY DAVIS 

widow of 

Mr. Peter Davis 

who died 

Julv 23. 1825. 

"BX. 87. 



Here lies V)uried the body of Mrs. 

HANNAH DAVIS Widow of Mr. 

Simon Davis* Avho died 

Avith the Small Pox Jaur 

ye 7. 1761t in the 47 

year of his age. 

I Cor. XV. 55. O Death where is thy sting 

O Grave where is thy victory. 

Erected 

In Alemory of Lieut. 

PETER 'DAVIS? 

who died 

Jan. 2 J 1780:^ in the 49*1} 

year of his age. 

Also Ten Children of 

Peter & Mary Davis. 

Here lies l^uried the 

body of SIMON son 

of SIMON DAVIS and 

Hannah his Wife who 

died Deer ye 28. 1760. 

in the 13 year of 

his aire. 



In Islemorv of 

COL. SAMUEL DAVIS 

who died 

Dec. 29, 1799 

aged 53 years. 

&. for a number of years 

was Deacon of the 

Church & was 

esteemed by his 

acquaintances. 

In Memorv of Mr^ 

REBECCA DAVIS the Wife 

of Capt Peter Davis. 

She deer March 3"? 

1774 in ye 62'-^ year 

of lier age. 



In IMemorv of 

]\IR. PIIINEHAS DAVIS 

son of Capt Peter Davis 

& Mrs. Rebecca his 



-Town record gives Kov. 11. 

tHe was the first victim of murder by a 
white man in the (H)inity. The murderer was 
executed Oct. 18, 174'!, the first execution for 
•that crime in the county of Worcester.— P. 



'^Simon Davis and his father, Simon Davis, 
Sen., were among the leading and most active 
men in the county. — P. 

fTown record gives 1760. 

JSou of Capt. Peter Davis, one of the earli- 
est settlers and next to Col. John iSIurray was 
the wealthiest citizen of his time.— P. 

jTown records, 1761. 



Monumental Inscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 



11 



Wife, lie Dec? 

January 1771 in the 

35 j^ear of his age. 

In Memory of 
MRS. A.SEXETH 

wife of 

Mr. Thomas Davis 

who died 

Sept 2. 1826. 

yEt. 35.* 



In Memory of 
MRS. REBEKAH 

wife of 

Coin. Samuel Davis 

who died 

Oct. <), 1,S-J9, 

^Et. 85. 

In ]Memorv of 
MRS. BETSEY 

wife of 

Mr. Isaac Davis 

who died 

Dec. 10. 1824 

.Et. 43. 

When God dotli call we must go 
And leave our friends in tears behind. 

In Memory of 

Mr. 
ISAAC DAVIS 

who died 
:\Iarch 2(1. 1833. 
-Et. 53.t 
Farewell vain world. I am sone home; 
My Saviour smil'd. and bid me come 
Bright Angels carrieil me away 
To sing Gods praise in endless day. 

In Memory of 

Mr. 

SILAS DAVIS 

who died 

May 19. 1837 

in his 61 year 

Prepare to meet thy God. 

Erected 

to the 3Iemorv of 

Capf ELIJAH DEMOND 

who died 

Autiiist 18 1825. 

aged 86. 

In [Memory of 

Mrs. 

LUCY DEMOND 

wife of 

Capt Elijah Demond 

who died 
Augt 6. 1819. ^Et. 76. 



*Town record, age S4. 
tTown record, age 54. 



ALBHEUS 

Died April 16. 1808. 

atred 6 vears & 4 ^Its. 

SALLY H. 

Died Aug. 11. 1813. 

Aged 5 days. 
Children of Daniel 
& Hannah Demond 

In ]\Iemorv of 

ELIZABETH SMITH 

Daugliter of 

!Mr. .Joseph & 

Mrs . ]Mary Demond 

who died 

Sept. 7. 1826 

aged 17 Months a 15 days 

In ^lemorv of 

JOSEPH. E. DEMOND 

son of Mr. Jose{>h & 

Mrs. ]Mary Demond 

who died Sept. 5. 1831. 

aged 4 years .t 4 days. 

In 3Iemorv of 
GEORGE 

son of 

Joseph A 

]\[arv Demond 

who die<i July 29, 1833. 

aged 19 Months & 13 days. 

In ]\Iemorv of 
MRS. HARRIET DEMOND 

vrife of 

Mr. Charles Demond 

& Daughter of 

Col. Andrew & 

Mrs. Submit Smith 

who died 

August 6 1826 

aged 22 vears 3 M. 

& 9 "days. 

We mourn departed worth. 

wiLLiA:\r M. 

son of William a 

Elizabeth Dean 

Died 

Sept. 1. 1800. 

^Ec. 3 ys. A 5 Ms. 

In Memory of ]\[r. Jonas 

DUNCAN, son of Mr. Simeon 

Duncan, he Dec,' August ye Z^ 

1773 in the 30tii year 

of his age. 

In ^lemorv of ]\Iiss Mehetebel 

WRIGHT, Who Dec'.i Sept. ye lOth 

1773 in the 23 year 

of her age. 



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MomDHcntal Inscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 



They Pnblisliii wnre 
Marriiiixe desin<l in heaven 
Before the Mnriag day 
Death threw his fatal dart. 



Our Mother 
ABIGAIL R. ESTABEOOK 

died July 9 18G0 
.Et. 82 yrs. 9 Ms. 
Here hi God's eare await O i>reciou.s dust 
The Joyful resurreetioii of the Just. 

Sacred 

to tlie memory of 

MR. DANIEL ESTABROOK* 

who died August 21 1799 
Aetatis 94 
T/owTi in this dark and silent bed 
The stroke of death hath laid ray head 
Gods trump sliall sound I hope to rise 
And meet my Savior in the skies. 



Sacred 

to the ]\Iemorv of 

MRS. HANNAH ESTABROOK 

wife of ]\[r. Daniel Estabrook 

who died August 5 1775 

Aetatis 62 

Blessed are the de;id 
who die in the Lord 

Here lies tlie 

Body of THADAIS 

ESTABROOK sou of 

Mr Daniel .t jNI'-s 

Hannah Estabrook 

wlio died Sept'" 

11. 1740 age<r 

1 year a 4 ]M'.> 



In IMemory of 

MR DANH-n. ESTABROOK 

who died 

SeptT n 18 IG 

in the 7o yr 

of his age 

Draw near my friends A- take thoutrht 
How soon a crrave mav Ix- vour lot ' 
Make sure of ''hri,-t while "life remain 
And death will Ix- eternal gaiu 

In Memory of 

SILAS son of M'' 

Daniel I'lsta'nrook 

A ^Irs 

Persis liis wife he dec'l 

Noy ye 5 1771 aged 3 

years a- h months 

In AFtMnory of 
SAIMUEL sou of Mr. 



Daniel Estabrook* 

& ]\Irs. Pcrses his 

Wife. He deed 

March ye 14th 17751 

Aged 3 years & 

7 Months. 



PERSIS 

Relict of 

Daniel Estabrook 

died 

Dec 25 1828 

Aged 8(5. 

JEDEDIAH 

ESTABROOK 

died 

Feb. 3. 1845 

xVged 77 

In 
jMenuiry of 
Mrs". 
ELIZABETH ESTABROOK 
wife of 
]\Ir. Jedediah l']stakrook 
who died 
July 8, 1S23 
jEt 53 
Jesus can make a dying bod 
Feel soft as downy pillows ai'e 
While on his breaVt I lean my head 
And breathe my life out sweetly there 

In Memory of 

JOHN FIELD Jux 

son of 

Dr. John?} a Mrs. 

Rhoda Field 
who died June 3 

1808 a!.'ed 2 
years a 5 Months 



In IMemory of 
Mes. GRACE 

wife of 
Joseph Field 

who died 

Aus.r 9. 1840. 

.Et. 98. 

Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord 



'•■'Came from Lexiiiirton and was of the same 
family as Kev. Bcnj. i-;stal>rook, the lirst min- 
ister of Lexinirton.— 1'. 



*Mr. Daniel Esti^brook Avas a son of Daniel 
Estabrook, one of the early settlers in Rutland 
who with his wife Hannah came from Sud- 
bury about 172:1. Daniel Estabrook, Jr., in 
1737 and married Perss, dauglUer of Hezekiah 
Newton of Paxton. Several of their descend- 
ants are inhabi'ants of Kuiland. 

|Town record gives Siarcli 14, 1776. 

^ Dr. John Field was drowned in Cedar 
Swamp Pond Aug. '2S, bSio. He and another 
man were fishing from a boat, Dr. Field was 
drowned, the other was not. Dr. Field was 
considered a very skillful physician and had 
a good practice at ihe time of his death. 



Momuncntal Inscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 



13 



Dea. 
TILLY FLINT 

died 

Feb. 23, 1842 

iEt 83 

Blessed are the peace makers 

In Memory of 

MRS. RUTH 

Wife of Tilly Flint Esq. 

who died 

July 22, 1826 

/Et. 58 



In Memory of 

two sons and an only 

Daughter of Tilly Flint esq. 

& Ruthy his wife who 

departed this life on the 

6th & 7th of Sept. 1813 

TRACY cT't. 17 

CATHERINE c-et. 8 

FRANCIS B. FLINT at 5 



HARRISON 

Died Sept. 18. 1823. 

aged 2 years. 

LOUISA HARRISON 

Died July 21. 1838. _ 

Son and Daughter of 

r-feorge S. & 

Joann Flint.* 



Sacred to the i\Ieniory of 

REV. LUKE BALDWIN FOSTER 

who died 23 May 1817 

in the 28 year of his age 

and the 5th of his ilinistry 

Pastor of the Church in Rutland! 

Also FANNY FIDELIA 

daughter of Key. L. B. & Eunice 

Foster died Aug. 22 1817. 

aged 3 years a 5 Ms. 

Here lies Buried 

ye Body of Mr. 

SKELTON FELTON 

who departed 

this life 
April ye 18th 

A.D. 1749. 
Aged (SI years 
5 M. & 12 Ds. 



^Grandchildren of Dea. Tilly Flint.— P. 

fThe third minister of Rutland, settled 
when but 2:3 vears of aa:e. — P. 

Rev. Luke Baldwin Foster was a son of Rev. 
Daniel Foster of Now Braintroe. educated at 
Burlington Coll., Vt., and settled at Rutland 
Feb. 24, 1813. He married Eunice Knight of 
Western in 1S13. Mr. Foster received the hon- 
ors of Masonry at his burial by Thompson 
Lodge A. F. & A. Masons of Rutland, of which 
he was a member. 



CHARLES 

son of 
George & Martha 

C. Fay 

died Jan. 13.1832. 

aged 1 year 

6 Vlo. .t 27 days. 

So fades the lovely blooming flower. 

Erected 

In Memory of 

MRS. RUTH "FROST 

wife of Mr. Ebenezer Frost 

who died 

July 20 1821. 

yEt 89. 



JACOB FISK. 

Died 

Feb. 13. 1848. 

iEt. 85. 

Erected 

In Memory of Lieut. 

ROBERT FORBES ■ 

who deceased 

Feb. 17t^ 1799. 

Aged 80 years. 

In Memory of 

MRS. MARY FORBUS 

who deed. Jan'}' 

33^1 1776 aged 

53 years. 

In ]\Iemory of 

Rev^ and Learned 

THOMAS FRINKt the First 

Settled Minister in Rutland 

who departed this life 

for abetter one on the 21st Day 

of Aug^t 1777 ill the 

73 year of his age. 

In Memory of Mks 

LUCY FRlNK the 

amiable Consort of 

Doc* .Tohn Frink Junr 

who died June ye 20t.^ 

A.D. 1788 aged 27 years 

9 Iilonths A 20 days. 



*An early resident and an active officer in 
the Revolution.— P. 

fUev. Thomas Frink was born in .Sudbury, 
graduated at Harvard in 1722, Settled in Rut- 
land Xov. 1, 1727. dismisst'd Sept. S, 174t); was 
pastor of the 3rd Church in Plymouth in 1743 
and of Barre in 17.');;, and spent his last days 
in Rutland. He married Isabel!, dan. of Capt. 
Samuel Wright, Feb. 13. 1^29. See "A Jlinistry 
of Fiftv Years," preached at Barre, Mass., by 
James Thompson Jan'y 11. 18.')4, page 10. Rev. 
Thomas Fink pr* ached the Election Sermon 
before the Governor and Council at Boston in 
1758. 



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Moiniincntal Inscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 



Likewise 
SA:\IUEL their sou dide June ye 

1 A.D. 1788, aged 6 Days. 
Farewell mybtst bfl overt friend 
Whose virtuous deeds adorned her life ; 
Beloved by tliose she left behind 

In ilemorv of 

ISABEL FKINK third 

Daugliter of Doct 

Jolni Frink* A INlR? 

Ehzebath his wife 

who departed this life 

for a better Dec'" v^' 24th 

A.I), Yim in ye 21*?^ year 

of Her age. 

My youthful dnys out slioi't by thee 
And' lengthened to eternity 
And all that in Jehovah die 
Shall live with Christ eternally. 

]Memento Mori 
Sacred 
to the ]\[eiiiorv of the 
HON. JOHN FESSENDEN ESQ.! 
who dei>arted this life 
April Hth 1793 
aged 64 years. 
In the cold mansions of the silent tomb, 
How still the solituae! how deep the gloom ! 
Here sleeps the dust unconscious close con- 
fined 
But far, far, distant (lv\-e]s the immortal mind. 

In Memory of two 

Children of JOHN 

FESRENDKN Esq. 

& Mi-s Elizabeth 

bis wife. 

THOMAS died Augst 

11 til 177K agpd 3 davs. 

KELIEF died Jan'-y 

1st 17,S4 aged 3 years 

and 18 days. 
" Our Lord Jesus Christ 
has said that" of such 
is the kingdom of Heaven. 

^Memento Mori 

Erected 
In ]MetU()rv of Doc. 
HEZEKIAH FLETCIIERt 
wlio departed this life 



Jan. ye22'i»1754 

in ye 49^11 year of 

his age. 



-Dr. John Frink was oldest son of Rev. 
Thomas Frink, l)orn in Rutland Sept. 7, 1731 ; 
m. Elizabeth, dau. of (.'apt. Peter Davis of Rut- 
laud, June ■), 175J, who was b. Feb. 11. 1734. 

tHe was born in Lexington, bought a farm 
and moved to Rullaud previous to the Revo- 
lution, was State Re|)resentative, State Sena- 
tor, Justice of the Peace, and one of the Com- 
mittee for the Commonwealth to sell confis- 
cated lands. 

He was of the celebrated Fessenden family 
of Massachnsetis and Maine. — P. 

IHe was the Pro|)rietors' and Town Clerk, 
and at his death was succeeded by his sou 
Alpheus, akso a physician.— P. 



Memento JMori 

]'>ected 

In IMemory of Doc'' 

ALPHEUS FLETCHER 

who departed tliis life 

June ye r2tti 17G6. 

In ye 35 year 

of his ai;e. 



In ]\Iemory of Mrs. 

:MARY FLETCHER 

the wife of Capt Jonathan 

Fletcher. She died Sept ye 13 

1756 aged 26 j'ears. 

In ]Meniory of ANNt 
Daughter of Capt Jonathan 

Fletcher .t W'}: Mary his 

Wife. She died Sept ye iQth 

1756 Aged 

2 years & 

7 Months. 

Erected 

In jMeninrv of Dea'^ 

JOHN FLETCHER 

who departed this life 

Jany 30t'.i i7()2 in 
the 74 year of Ins age. 

Behold my friends, in me you all may see 
An emblem of what you ere long must be 
RememVier you like me was form'd of dust 
And with the Earth unite again you must. 



Erected 
In ]\[emory of Mrs. 

JANE FLETCHER 
who departed this life 
March IQi^ ISOl 
Aged 83 years. 

In 

Memory of 

SAMUEL GOODALEj 

son of 

Mr. Nathan & Mrs. Elizabeth 

Goodale l)orn Feb. 4^1' 1768 

died Dec. 23'l 1770 

In i\Iemorv of 
PATRICK GREGORY 

who was born 
in the Parish of 



*Town record, Jan. 21. 
tTown record gives the name "Amy." 
J He was an elder brother of Dr. "Lincoln 
Goodale, so well known in Columbus, C, as a 
leading citizen for many years, whose name is 
peri>et"uated in its principal park, a street, a 
Masonic Lodge, etc. His mother was dau. of 
Capt. John Phelps of Rutland, who died in 
Columbus, O., Jan. lil, 180y. (See Phelps).— P. 



Mo?mmental Inscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 



15 



Lyner in the Coimtj' 

of Donai?:all .t 

Kingdom of Ireland. He 

Died July h'-}} 175() 

aged 63 years. 

Saci'ed 

to the memorv of 

REV. HEZEKIAII GOODRICH* 

Died Feb. 7tii 1812 

Aged 42 years 

and in the UHh of his 

Ministry in 

Rutland. 

Erected 

In Memorv of 

CAPT. STEPHEN GATES 

who died 

Oct. 5th 1773 

^Et. 55. 

Erected 

In Memorv of 

MRS. DEMARIS GATESt 

wife 01 Capt. Stephen 

Gates who died 

Dec. 3fl 1809. 

.Et. 84. 



In 

Memory of 

Mrs". 

ABIGAIL GATES 

widov/ of 

Mr. Samuel Gates 

who died 

Sept 26. 1820 

.Et. 94. 

ZEDOCK GATES Esq. 
r.orn Auii'. 5. 1760 
Died Dec. 14. 1821. 

I-reetcd 

In Jilemorv of Mrs. 

HA XX A II GATES 

Wife of ?ilr. Zedock 

Gates who died March 

30th 1800 Aged 35 years 

and 3 days. 

In ?«Iemorv of 
HANNAH MPiTCALF 

Daughter of Zedock 

Esq. it Mrs. Emilia 

Gates who died 

April 13th 1810. 

.Et. 7 ve;a\s it 12 d. 



Next to Damaris Gates's grave is a 
stonej in several parts, tlie upper part 
cannot be read as the letters are scaled 
off. The lower pai-t reads : 
E. N. GATES 

who died 

Aug. fith 17(35 

.Et.21. 

In Memorv 

of DAVID GATES 

son of Mr Stephen;* 

A Mv? Damaris 

Gates was born 

Aiiet 25th 1750 

Died :May 20th 

1759. 



MR, 



Erected 
In ]Memorv of 
JOHN GOODELL 

who died 
Mav 25 1824 

^Er. 58. 



In 

Memory of 

Mr. 

SAMUEL GATES 

who died 

Feb'- 19. 1803 

.Et. 78. 



*The third minister of Rutland.— P. 

tShe was a How of .Sudbury, and of the 
family who built the " Wayside Inn." — P 

IStone of Stephen, sou of Stephen and Da- 
maris Gates. 

§Mr. Stephen Gates married Damaris How 
of Marlborough and settled in Rutland in 1749. 



Erected 

In IMemory of 

MR. JOSHUA GOODELL 

who died 

April l';t 1807 

in the 40 year 

of his age. 

How vain and transient are the charmcs 

Of every earthly view ; 
Cold death has clasp'd me in his armes, 

Farewell my friends. Adieu. 

Memento Mori 

In jVIemorv of 

Mr ALEXANDER 

GRAHAM* who 

died ]March ve 

29th A. D. i77(i in 

the 47 year 

of his age. 

Erected 
In ]Mem{)rv of Miss 
DOLLY GRAHAM 



"He was a son of Duncan Graham who was 

m. twice. 1st to Martha , who d. in 1770; 

2d to Margaret (iray. who after the death of 
Mr. Graham m. Lieut. Korbus. 



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Momunoital Inscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 



Dau*r of Mr. Alexander 
and Mrs. Margaret Gra- 
ham who died Sept 251^ 
1792 in her 17 year. 

Stop here young- f; lends, see where I lie, 
Remember you are born to die. 
Prepare for death and foUov.' me 
Into a long eteruitv. 



In Meniorv of 
SAMUEL HENRY 

Son of JMi' William 
Henry* & M's Su- 
sannah his wife 
born April 71'^ 
1773 lK: dicMi 
March 8th 177.3 

In i\Ieniory of 
JOHN HENRY 

Son of 

]\Ir Wm Henry 

& Mi« Siisa?uiah 

his Wile 

Born June 24lli 1779 

Died Nov 2<l 1781 



In Memory of 

ELIZABETH HENRY 

Daughter of 

Mr. William Henry 

& Mrs. Susannah 

his wife 
born Mav 1'. 17S3 
Died .Alarch Iti 

17S5. 

In IMemory of 

ELIZABETH HENRY 

Daugliier of 

]Mr We.1 Henry 

& Mrs Susannah 

his wife 
Born April 20 17S6 
Died ?,[ay IQth 1786 

In 

Memory of 
CHARI.ES HENRY 
Son of 
Mr William & 
Mrs Susannah Hen- 
ry born Mav 1st 1791 
Died March' lOth 1795 



In Memory of 

the 2^ CHARLES son of 

Mr Vrilliaai Henry 



*\Vm. Henry was grandson of Malcom Hen- 
dery and Margaret hi,^ wife, who came from 
Ireland with chureli letters very early and 
assisted iu ordaining Jlr. Frinii, the first min- 
ister. Susanna lleurv was a dau. of Capt. John 
Phelps and sistiT 01 the wife of :Major Nathan 
Goodale, an Ohio juoneiT. (.See Phelps and 
Goodale.)— P. 



& ]\Irs. Susannah 

his wife who died 

Deci' 7th 1797 aged 

6 months & 21 Days. 

Sleep on sweet babe and take thy rest 
God called thee liome he thought it 
best. 



MR 



In IMemory of 

JOHNSON" tIENRY 

who died 

May 23. 1826 

yEt. 53 vs. 2 mo. 23 ds. 

Farewell my wife, Farewell my children dear, 
Thou whom there's nouglit on earth tliat 

temps thee 
Hope, brilliant charms, illumes the vale so 

drear 
Through which we pass to reahus of lasting 

day. 

In memory of 

MR. WILL [AM HENRY 

who died 

July 12 1827 

AZi. 50 



Sacred 

To the Memory of 

MR. V.'ILLIAM H. 

HAMMOND 

who was drowned 

July 5tli 1825. 

/Et. 31. 

How lov'd, how valu'd, once avails thee not, 
To whom related, or by whom begot, 
A heap of ilust alone remains to thee. 
Tis all thou art, and all Proud shall be. 



In jMemory of 
]\iISS MARY P. 
daughter of Mr. 
Benjamin a Mrs. 
]Ma! y Hammond 
who died Sept. 26. 
1838* .Et. 30. 
The saints who now in Jesus sleep 
His own almighty power shall li:eep 
Till dawns the !)riglit ellustrious daj 
When death itself "shall die away. 

MR. JONATHAN 
HUBBARDt 

Died 

Aug. 11. 1835. 

^Mi. 85. 



MRS. VISHTI 

wife of Mr. 

Jonathan HubbardJ 

Died 

Feb. 28. 1837. 

^Et. 80. 



-Town record gives Sept. 26, 1832. 
fSon of Ephraim Hubbard, who came from 
Concord before 1740.— P. 

|Sou of Ephraim of Concord. 



Momnncntal Inscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 



JOEL HUBBARD- 

Died 

Jan. 9. 1853. 

^E. 94. 

MRsTuijCY 

wife of 

Mr. Joel Hubl)ard 

died Oct. ll,t 1S32 

aged 75 years. 

LYMAX 

died Marclit 6, 1807. 
aged 10 years. 

SAMUEL 

died March 18, 1825. 

aged 25 years . 

CALNIN 

died Nov. 7, 1833. 

aged 41 yeai's. 

COOLEDItE 
died Sept 5, 1841. 
aaed 40 years. 
Sons of Mr. Joel & Mrs. Lucv Hubbard. 



MR. Vv I LET AM 
HUBBARD 

Died 
Sept- Kj 1S37. 
Ml. 58. 

In Memory of 

MRS OLIVE HUBBARD 

wife of 

Mr. William Hubbard 

Died Feb. 24, 18G3. 

aged 74 rears. 



In Memory of 

AVALINIA MALISSA 

Daughter of 3Ir. Wm. 

Hubbard who died 

Aug. 29 1813. 
iEt. 1 year a 4 Mo. 

So fades the lovely Blooming flower 
Frail smiling solace of the hour. 



PO] 



.LY HUBBARD 

Died 

Oct. 6. 1839. 

^t. 54. 



WM. H. HUBBARD 

died 
July 24. 1853. 
aged 37 yrs. 
How sacred the spot that is laid to his rest 
A Husband & Father be his memory blest 
Tho sileut in death he speaks to us yet 
His kindness and counsel may we never forget. 



Erected 

In Memory of 

MRS. SARAH HARDY 

who died 

Deer. 22. 1794 

in the 44 year of 

her age. 

Forbear my friends and cease to weep 
My body in the grave must sleep 
Till Christ my Saviour bids it soar 
Then it shall rise to sleep no more. 

In Memory of IVIrs ELIZABETH 
HEALl) widow of Deacon 

of Acton 

John Heald® ^ she died 

October yV 12th 

1776 in the 7()ili year of 

her age 

Corruption, Earth, and Wormes, 
Shall but reliiie this llesli : 
Till my triumphant spirit comes, 
To put it on a fre'h. 

Erected 

111 Memory of INIr. 

SIMOX HEALDt 

who departed tlii>- life 

Jan. 7Hi 18n0i in the 

76 year of his age. 

Death than has co^cjuer'd me 

I by thy dart am slain 

But Christ hath couquer'd thee 

And I shall rise again. 



Here Eves Buried 

Tiie "Body of 

]\!K ISRAEL HOW? 

liied June ye 23!-<l 

1748 in his 37th 

year of his age. 

Here Lies the Bodv 

of ISRAEL HOWil son 

to Mr Israel and 

Mrs. Eliza1)eth How 

Died Jtine y^ 13. 1745 

in the 4lh veltr of his age 



-Son of Ephraim of Concord.- 
tTown record, Oct. V,. 
iTown record, Feb. 6. 



*The third line is as on the .stone and no 
mistake of mine. 

tit is recorded of him that "although he 
never married, vet in m;'.uy thing-; he was a 
useful citizen."" He was active in the Kevolu- 
tiou and a noted purchaser of beef for the 
armv.— P. 

jtown record gives Jiuie V, 1800. 

glle was fatiier to Elizabetii, wile of Jedu- 
than Stone auil s sr. grandmother oi Mary 
Augusta Stone of Cambridge, O., mem. oi The 
"Old Northwest" Gen. Soc'y. His widow m. 
Stephen Barrett, the mother of Lydia Barrett 
wife of Israel Stone an Ohio pioneer. (See 
Stone.;— P. , „ 

II First son of Israel & Elizabeth How and 
half brother to Lydia Barreu wife of Israel 
Stone, an Ohio pioneer.— P. 



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MoniimcnUil Inscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 



Erected 

In memoi'v of 

^IR. DAVID HOW* 

who died jNIiiy 5111 1802 

Apjed 55 years 

also two Children of Mr. 

DaA'id and Mr.s. Marttm 

How, Peaboddv Died 

Dec. yth ],soi .,o'e,i 2 years 

Dolly de'^^'l April 21.' 1798 

aged 1 year S nion tbs & 1 day 

Erected 

In Memory of 

JONAS HOWE Esq. 

who died 

Novr 16. 1822 

. Et. 5 1. 

Erected 

in Memory of 

GEORGE AUGUSTUS 

son of 

Jonas Howe Esq. & 

Mrs. Hannah B. his Wife 

who died Noy!' 22. ISlo 

Aged 20 M. 

Erected In Memory of 
LUCY ELETCHER 

Daughter of 

Jonas Howe EsqV & 

Mrs. Hannah B. his 

wife who died 

March 2"'! 1814. 

Asfed 8 years. 



LUCY F. HOWE 

Daughter of 

Jonas Iio\ye !'>(]. <<c 

Mrs. Hannah B. his Wife 

Died Octr Kith i,si7. 

^t. 2 ys. et 9 months. 

In ]\leuiory of 

JON A 8 H. 

son of Jonas Howe Esq. 

& Mrs. Hannah B. his AVife 

who was drowned 

July 5th ]S25 .Et. 17. 

In ^lemory of 

MISS ABIGAIL 

Daughter of Jonas Howe Esq. 

& M18. Hannah B.t his AVife 

who died 

Dec. 19. 1825 yEt. 21. 

Forgive sweet shade the tribxitary tear 

That mourns ihy exit from a world like this 

Forgive the wish that would have kept the 

here 
And stayed the pro-jvess to a seat of bliss. 

•■Son of Eliphalet IIow of Sudbury,— P. 

tMrs. Hannah P.. was Hannah Bnckminster 
dau. of faj>t. .7i»hn & Mrs. Lucy Fletcher 
Stone.— P. 



Memento More 

In Memory of 

MR. JONATHAN HOW^ 

who departed this life 

Oct!' ye 7thi 1787 

^Et. 42 years 

In ]\Iemorv of 

MRS. LUCY "HOAVt 

Relict of Mr. Jonatlntn 

How who died 

July 20 1814 

.Et 5(5 



In !M''inory of 

EDAVIN REED 

Son of Mr. Jonathan 

& Mrs. Susannah How 

who died 

Oct. 28, IS]. 3 

yE. 1 y. & 5 AIo. 



In IMemory of 

AVALINE MALISSA 

Dauy of Mr. Jonathan a- INIrs. 

Susannah How who died 

Noy. 14 1814 

.Et. 14. 

lie here dear babe to rest awhile 

and may your .-(.lul in heaven smile. 

Erected 

In Memory of 

MR. DAA^ID "HOAVE 

who died 3Jay 5. 1802. 

In Memory of 
MRS. SARAH "HOAVE 

Daut of Air. Dayid 

& Airs. Alartha Howe 

died 

Sept. 26. 1814 

.Et 27 

In Memory of 

MRS. SALLY 'HOAA^E 

who died 

Jan. 15 1826 

-Et. 81. 

In Alernory of 

ELIJAH STONE HOOKER 

son of Air. Samuel .v.- 

Mrs. Abigail Hooker 

who died Feh. 1st ]807 

-E. 4 years 1 AI. io D. 

So soon our transcent comforts fly 
And pleasnri' only blooms to die. 



*Son of Eliphalet flow who vras brother tO' 
Israel.— P. 

tDau. of Thomas Reed who was son of 
Thomas of Sudbury.— P. 



Momimcntal Inscriptions, Riitla7id, Mass. 



19 



In Meniorv of 

the widow :MAKY HU3IPHREY* 

2i.V^ fliuijr'; of tlie ' 

Rev. Thomas Frink 

who died June 13. 1791. 

in the 58 year 

of her 

age 



In Memory of 

MRS SARAH" KING 

Wife of ^Ir. Samuel King. 

who died Janv 19th 

A.D. 1S13. 

in the 76 year of 

his age. 

MR. SAMUEL KINGt who 
died at 

FebJ- 3'1 A.D. 1815 

in the 78 year of his age. 

Blessed are the dead that 

die in the Lord. 

]\ lento More 

In ]Memorv of ^Jr 

DANIEL KING AVho 

Dec'i Novem. ye 18th 

1 7 7 ■ 3 

Aged 24 years 

9 months & 

8 days 

Erected 

In Memory of 

MR. JOSEPH KING 

wlio died 

Sep. 25th 1S07 

yEt 55 years 

Friend and physicians could not save 
This mortal lio'dy from the grave 
How can tlic j;nive confine it here 
When Christ shall call it to appear 

lu 

Memory of 

MRS. MARY KING 

Wife of 

]Mr. Joseph King 

wlio died 

Nov. 18th 1807.1: 

in ye 46 yr 

of her age. 



*Born in Rutland Nov. 10, 1733. Granddau. 
of Capt. Samuel Wright, who one of the com. 
of the first proprietors and ov.ner of lot 1. He 
filled all the important oflices of the town and 
church ; was surveyor and keeper of the pub- 
lic house ; was Capt. of troop in war with the 
Indians, 1720-17'J5 — P. 

fThe King family of Rutland were de- 
scended from Ebenezor King and his wife 
Mary, who came from Danvers early and had 
numerous posterity. — P. 

JTown record gives year. 1797. 



Erected 

In ]\Iemorv of 

MRS. LUCY WILLIAMS KING 

wife of Lieut. J()se])h King 

& Dau': of Capt. Barzillai Miles 

who died 

May 20, 1814 

yEt 22. 

Removed from all the pains and cares 

of life 
Here rests the pleasing friend and 

faithful wife 
Ennobled by the virtues of her mind 
Constant to good and to death resigned. 

Erected 
In memory of 
]\IR. WILLIAM PUTNA:\I KING 

Who died 

May 26.* 1810 

'^Et. 25. 

Erected 

In memory of 

MR. CALVIN KING 

who died 

May 20, 1812. 

iEt. 25. t 

WILLIAM P. 

Son of 

Capt. Joseph & 

Mrs. Sally A. King 

Died April 

5. 1832 
yEt. 4. 

In Memory of 

MRS. BETSEY KING 

Wife of 

Capt. Joseph King & 

Daughter of 

Dea. Jonali Brown 

who died 

Jan. 3. 1826. 

^Et. 36. 

Her course is run — her spirit fled 

She gains the mansions of the dead 

Slie now lies cold, but still her soul 

Will live till ages cease to roll. 



SARAH R. KING 
dau'r of Capt. Joseph King & 
INIrs. Lucy liis wife 
died Sept. 29. 1821, 
a^t. 8 years. 
Sweet child no more l)ut seraph now 
Before the throne behold her bow 
Her soul enlarged to angels' size 
Joins iu the iritimiilis of the saints. 

Erected 

In Memory of 

Doctor 



*Town record gives date. May 20. 
■fTown record gives age, 24. 



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Moinirnoital Inscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 



JAMES Mc.FAELAND 

who died 

Nov. 29. 1823. 

yEt. 41. 

WILLIAM JONES 

son of 

Doctor James McFarland 

aud Mrs. Polly his wife 

died 

Sept. 2S. 1825 

.Et. 17 Mts.ct 10 ds. 

In ^Memory of 

two Daughters of 

Doctor James and 

Mrs. Pollv McFarhuul 

SARAH WOODIS* died 

Octr. 11.181.S .Et. 11 Mts. 

ADELINE died Octr. 2d 

1821 yEt. 6 weeks. 

Erected 

In ]Moinorv of 

BENJAMIN MUNROEt 

who died IMarch 

17 til 1797 in 

the 42'l rear of liis 

aire 



JOSEPH EMERSON 

Son of 

Dea. Joseph & 

Pollv Marsh 

Died Jan. 10. 1845 

Aged 20 years 

MARY died March 
30 1824 ^Et. 2 ds. 

SARAH died Ang— 
24 1820 .Et. 4 Ms. 

ALPHA B. died Oct. 
22 1828 ^Et. 2 Ms. 

Children 

Capt. Sardine a Mrs. 

Catharine Muzzv. 



Erected 

In Memory of 

Mes. La VI XI. i MuNR 

o 

Wife of Mr. Benjamin 

Mnnro who died 

Oct. 4tii 1794. 

MA.. 30. 

Deacon 

JOSEPH MARSH 

Died 

Sept • 30 • 1842 
Aged 50 years 

Bk'.ssed are the ileail 
Wlio die in tlie Lord 

POLLY MARSH 

Relict of 

Dea. Joseph Marsh 

Died Jan. 1. 1852 

Aged 03 years. 

That they may rest from their 

labors 
Aud their worlis follow them. 

CHARLES E. 
Son of Joseph and 

Pollv Marsh 

Died A'pi-il 8, 1832 

^Et 20 mo. 



In Memorv of Mi' 

JOHN Mt. INTIRE who was 

Born in the parish of 

Ivillemoiiii in the CounY. 

of Tyrone & Kingdom 

of Ireland. He spent 

the last of his days 
in New England and 

departed this life 

May 26. 1709 aged 

91 vears. 



In Memorv of ]\Iks 

ABIGAIL JilEAD Wife 

of Mr. Benjamin Mead* 

who died June v^' 

12th A.D. 1704 in ye 

39 year of her 

■ Age. 



Here Lies ye 

body of BENJAMIN 

MEAD son of Mr. 

Benja & Mr^ 

Ahitrail Mead, Died 

Feb. ye 22, 1753. 

Age 3 vears 

M. ct 26 Ds. 



Here lies ve 
Bodv of SUSANNA 
MEAD Daut. of ]Mr. 

Benjamin A- jNIrs. 

Abigail Mead who 

Died November ye 

26. 1753 Aged 

2 years 4 M?. 

iind 7 days. 



*Town record, Sarah Woods. 

tMr. Munroe m. Lavinia, dau.nhter of Capt. 
Stephen Gates of Rutland. The Muuroe fam- 
ily Were from Bristol, R. L, and came to Eut- 
laud iu 176S. 



*They came to Rutland about 1750 and he 
was in Capt. Eustis Co. of Minute Men who 
marched to Cambridge April la, 1775. (See 
Benjamin Mead 2d.)— R. 



Moruimental Inscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 



21 



BENJAMIN MEADE* 

Died 

March 16. 1852 

aged 92 years. 

In 

Memory of 

MRS 

ELIZABETH ^MEAD 
— wife of ]Mr. Benjamin Mead 
—who died May IS 1822 
aged Gl. 
Can reason's dictate.s be obeyed 
So weak alone, lier stoncrest aid 
O let religion then be nich 
Her consolation never die. 



In Memory of 

MRS. POLLY ■l\IEADt 

wife of Lieut. William Mead 

who dec'd 

Feb. 5 1816 

aged 23. 



Capt. 
BRAZILLAI MILESt 

died March 6. 1856. 

aged 92 vears 11 Mos. 

& i2 days. 

At Rest with God. 



In Memory of 
MRS. SARAH" INIILES 

wife of Capt. Brazillai Miles 

ct daugr of Capt. Thos. a Mrs. Hannah 

Read died Sept. 5. 1804. 

^Et 35. 



In 

^Memory of 
MRS. SARAH 

wife of Capt. 

Brazillai Miles 

who died 

July 7. 1835. 

m. 64. 

In hope of eternal life. 



*He bouETht the Putnam House in 1796 of 
Stephen Sibley of Sutton, to whom it had been 
sold four years beore by Rufns Putnam. He 
was born 1760, was son of Benjamin Mead and 
Abigail his wife and died in this house, hav- 
ing lived in it 56 years. His son, known as 
Dea. AVilliam Mead, was 6 years old when he 
came here to live and succeeded to it owner- 
ship and died in 1872, having lived in it 76 
years. His son Elias succeeded him and died 
July 16, 1894, aged 73 years. The place then 
passed into the hands of trustees, to be kept 
as a memorial of Rufii.s I'utnam.— P. 

tShe was the wife of Wui. Mead, owner of 
the Putnam House 1SS8-1S74. and doubtless 
lived in it during her brief three years of 
married life. — P. 

IBrother to Benj. Miles, the Ohio pioneer. 
—P. 



THO:\[AS B.« 

son of 

Brazillai Miles 

Died Mar. 6 1854. 

yEt. 53 years. 

In Memory of Capt. 

BENJAMIN MILES Who 

Died .January ye 28tli 

1776 In trie'52d 

year of his age. 

A kind Husband and tender parent. 

In Memory of 

JOHN :\IILES son of 

Capt. Benjamin a 

Mr« Mary his 

AVifa, he dec'l 

June ye 29. 1766 

Aged 10 

Months & 

15 days. 

In Memory of 

MR. EBENEZER MILESJ 

who died 

Apr. 8. 1827.— 

.Et. 69. 

My flesh shall slumber in the ground 
Till the last trumpet's .loyful sound 
Then burst the chains with sweet supprise 
And in my Saviour's image ri.se. 

MOLLY MILES 

relict of 

EBENEZER MILES 

died Jan 17. 1851. 
aged 87 years. 

CHARLES 

Son of Mr. Ebenezer 

& Mrs. Molly Mile.s— 

Died July 21. 1793 

aged 3 months 

& 9 days. 

In Memory of 

POLLY Daughter of 

Mr Ebenezer a Mr? 

Molly Miles who died 

March 10. 1809 .Et. 9 yrs. 

Also AniN H. Miles 

died Feb. 10. 1809 

^Et 3 hours. 



*Nephew to Benj. Miles, the Ohio pioneer. 
—P. 

tHe was born in Concord 1724; m. !Mary, 
dau. of Ebenezer Iliilibard of Concord about 
1750, came to Rutland and settled on Miles 
(formerly Joyncrs) Hill, which has been oc- 
cupied by his posterity for ISO years. His 
eldest son, Benjamin, b. Mch. 11, 1754, m. Nov. 
12, 1780, Han nniiBuckmiuster (see Rev. Joseph 
Buckminstrr. p. 89 )— P. 

JSon of C!ii>t. ISenjamin, and brother to 
Benjamin Miles tlie Ohio pioneer.— P. 



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MonuDicntal Inscriptions, Rutland, Jlldss. 



HERVEY 

son of Ebenr H. 

A- Koxnna Miles 

died 

Feb. 8. 1S22. 

JEt. 5 Ms. 

GEORGE H. 

son of 

Mr. Ebenezer IT. & 

Mrs. lioxana Miles 

died Oct. 28. 1829. 

JEt. (i years. 

JOSIAH H. 

son of Mr. Ebenezer H. 

& Mrs. Koxana Miles 

Died March 2S. 1S31 

JEt. 5 Ms. A 17 Ds. 

The cold, fold grave eusliruinis the now my 

child 
My beautiful ! find tears, and mouniiug are 
Like words nyioii a cenotaph to tell 
How in thy Mothers breast thoit art enshrined 
Spotless and sinless to thy Saviours amies 
Unsitllied nestling ! thon liast tipwards llown 
And I am lonely, rest and desolate. 

HEPHSA H. 

dauglitiT of Ebenezr 

& Molly Miles 

died Sept" 27 1825. 

aged 66 years. 

Erected 

In Memory of 

MRS HANNAH ]\I<.)ORE* 

wife of Lieut. Paul Moore 

who departed this life 

Sept 9th i7s)i aged 74 years. 

Here lies Btiricd 

yc Body of MERCY 

MOOR Daui- of 

Paul Moort & 

Plannah his wife 

died Sept (3. 1756. 

aged 17 years 10 Mo. 3 days 

In IMemorv of 

TILLY soil of 

Paul Tvloore c^c 
Hannah his wife 

died Seiit 11th 
17 5 6 

his age was 8 
niontlis ct 4 days. 

•■■Mrs. Moore was a dan. of Cai)t. .lohn IIul)- 
bard of Rutland, and m. Mny 3, 173;!, before 
she wa.s 16 years of age. It is recorded of her 
tliat " She was a gond and indnstrions wife, a 
good cook,audexcelli'nt dairyist, and a noted 
maker of deerskin clothes," and that they 
lived so happily that they named their two 
first children Love and Boaz. — P. 

tPaul Moor was a carpenter, a prominent 
citizen, having held many of the town offices. 
His brother, Dea. Kphraim IMoor. was Maj. of 
Minute Men and was slaiu at Bunker Hill.— P. 



M I C A II I\I R E 

Aged 17 76 who dyed 

Sept 6» 1749 

At Ins left hand 

Lies Abigail Moore 

Who dyed Sept. 7. 1749 

9 9m. 7 



In Memory of 

ROBERT illTRRAY son 

to John Murray Esqr 

and Elizabeth his wife 

who died Sept" 20th 1756 

in the 9 year of his age. 

In jNk'mory of 
JOHN iJURRAY son 
to John Murray Esq.t 
and Elizabeth his wife 
wiio died Oct^' 7th 1756 
in the 13 year of his asre. 



Abigail , 



"Town record, ■*.!ieah, Sep 
Sept. 8. 

fThe wives of Col. John Murray were also 
buried here beneath heavy stone slabs, laid 
horizontally, upon a brick founihition, but 
from the action of the storms and frosts of 
more than a century the inscriptions have 
uovs' disappeared. 

They were as follows: 

ELIZABETH McCL ANA THAN 

wife iif 

John IMnrrav Esq. 

died 17G0. 

LUCEETIA CHANDLER, 

wife 01 

John Murrav Esq. 

died March 21, 

1708 

He married Peborali Brindley. of Boston, 
Dec. '21, 176',», anil as no further record of her 
apiiears, she probably accumpanied her hus- 
band to Nova Scotia in i774. 

Col. ,fohn Murray (John McMorrah) came 
to America in the ship with Edward Savage 
and other emigrants who settled in Rtitland. 
His mother died and was buried at sea. 

In a few years the i>enniless lad, by his own 
energy and ability, arose to be a wealthy and 
honored citizen (see introduction). His tirst 
wife was his youthful companion of the voy- 
age and the mother of his ten children. His 
second and tliird wives were of prominent 
families of Vrnrcester and Boston. 

It was aliout tliis period (1700) he built the 
famous mansion now known as " The Putnam 
jVcmorial." (See illustration). 

His second wife, Lucretia Chandler, was 
daughter of the second Judge John Chandler, 
one of the delegates commissioned by Gov. 
Win. Shirley of Massachusetts, in 1751, to meet 
at Albany for a conference witli the Indians 
of the Five Nations, etc., and of concerting 
measures for a union of all the British Amer- 
ican Colonies. This was the germ of that 
Congress of twenty-two years later whicli re- 
sulted in the uuioii forming the United States 
of America. 

The Chandlers were a celebrated family 
and connected with others of equal note: Gov. 
Levi Lincoln, George Bancroft, the historian, 
etc. 

Lucretia (Chandler) Murray was sister of 
tlie third Judge John Chamller, who was 
father of seventeen children, many of whom 



Mofiumentnl Itiscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 



23 



In 

Memory of 

Mr. 

JEDTTTHAN GREEN 

■who died 

June 24, 1819 

^Et. 74. 

JEDUTHAN GREEN 

Died 

Feb. 10. 1871 

M. m yrs. & 14 Days. 

In Memory of 

Mrs. 

BETSEY S. GREEN 

wife of 

Mr. Jeduthan Green 

who died 

Sept. 24, 1825, 

Mi. 37. 

NANCY 

Wife of 

Jeduthan Green 

Died 

Feb. 17, 1848 

Aged 56. 

Family. 

BARTHOLOMEW GREEN 

Died July 28, 1883 

^E. 86 yrg. 8 mo. 

LURENAThis wife 
Died May 14, 1838, 
M. 42 yrs. 10 mo. 

Children 

T. ALBERT 

Died Apr. 30. 1834 

.E. 17 yrs. 6 mo. 

ALVIRA L. 

Died Sept. 5. 1838. 

M. 4 mo8. 



aciiieved distinction. He and several rola- 
tives were noted royalists, and their estates, 
amounting to more than a million dollars in 
Talue, were confiscated by the State and they 
were warned not to return a second time upon 
pain of death. He died in London in 1800. 

Lucretia (Chandler) Murray was thirty-one 
years of age at the time of her marriage in 
1761. Her portrrit, by the celebrated Copley, 
now in Lancaster. Mass.. is described as "A 
■very excellent picture of a very handsome 
woman." 

Her only child, Lucretia. was born 1762 and 
died Aug. 30, 1836, unmarried, buried Lancas- 
ter, Mass. 

Col. John Murray died at St. .Johns, Now 

Brunswick. On a mausoleum in the rural 

cemetery in that city is inscribed : 

To the memory of 

JOHN MURRAY EsQ. 

born in Ireland 

1720 

died in this city, 

Aug. SO, 1794. 



In Memory of Mr. 

ASA NEWTON 
who died Sept 17th 
1805 in his 38 year 

In Memory of 

CHARLES B. 

only son of 

Mr. Charles L. and 

Mrs. Sophia Newton 

who died 

May 17 1832 

JEt. 12 yr. & 3 Ms. 

Wc mourn ye departed worth. 

HEZEKIAH NEWTON 

died Jan. 6. 1848 
aged 92 years. 

In Memory of 
MRS. ISABELLA 

wife of 

Mr. Wm H. Newton 

who died Aug. 23.* 

1841 aged 19 

Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord. 



In Memory of 

MR. 

WM H. NEWTON 

who (lied 

Aug 4.1 1834 

^t. 45. 

We mourn ye departed friend. 



Erected in Memory 

of 

DAVID OLIVER 

Coroner 

who died March 3. 1821 

, aged 74 years. 



In Memory of 

MRS. ELIZA OLLIPITANTt 

formerly the wife of 

Mr. James Browning 

who died 

March 12. 1791. 

yEt. 84. 



-Town record, Aug. 24, 1S41, aged 49. 

tTown record, .\ug. 3. 

jShe was the widow of James Bro%vning 
who died Feb. 3, 1749 (see James Browning), 
she married Andrew Oliphaut of Dedham, 
Nov. 23, 1752. He died and she returned and 
lived with her dauglitcr, Mrs. David Bent 
(Capt.) His kinsman. Col. .'■^ilas lient. with his 
wife, Mary Carter, and children, in l';90, made 
the jouniey to Ohio in an ox wagon, burying 
one of the "children by the way. 

He was an important factor in the new set- 
tlement and died April 4, 1S18. 

His descendants arose to prominence, and 
some of them acquired great wealth and dis- 
tinction. (See History of Bent Family). 



24 



Monumental Inscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 



In Memory of 

MRS. ELIZEBATH OLIVER 

Wife of 

Mr. David Oliver Cor. 

who died 

July 24. 1809. 

in the 63 year of her age. 

The sweet remembrance of the Just 
Shall flourish when they sleep iu Just. 



In Memory of 
ELIZABETH Dan 
of Mr John* and 
IMrs. Susannah Phel- 
ps who died June 
27 174;>t in the 
3 year of her 
age 

In 

Memory of 



*Capt. John Phelps, son of John Phelps of 
Marlboro (grandson of John Phelps of Itead- 
ing who died in 1700) was born in Marlboro 
inl709. During the Indian troubles in 172"- 
30, he served as a scout under t^apt. Samuel 
Wright, to guard the settlements. (Mass. Ar- 
chives.) 

In 17^2 he removed to Rutland, where he 
filled several town oflices and was captain of 
militia, and did active service in the French 
war. On Aug. 9, 1757, he left Rutland in com- 
mand of a company to assist in the relief of 
Fort William Henry, marching for Kinder- 
hook, N. Y. It was in this same year tliat his 
son Jolin died iu the service, at Albany, aged 
23. 

rapt. Phelps was of the Md Mass. (Worcester) 
Regt., Col. Timothy Ruggles, of Hardwick. 
The latter having tieen promoted to Brig. Gen. 
in 1761, John Murray became its Colonel, and 
so continued for ten years (both these officers 
were noted Royalists in 1774.) 

In March, 1775. at the age of 69, he is found 
on the roll of "Alarm Men " of Rutland with 
50 others, mostly heads of families, from 50 to 
70 vears of age. 

The ''Minute T^Ien," about 50 iu number, 
had also been organized, composed of young 
men of the same families and were in service 
at P.unker Hill and elsewhere during thi> year. 
His son .\aron of that company died that year. 

Afterl776 lie joined hisson Dr. Moses I'helps 
in the adjoining town of Hui>bardston and 
died tliere in 17.S7, aged 78 years. 

He married iu 17:]0 Susanna, dau. of Simon 
Gates of Marlboro and had several children in 
M., his second dau. Eiizalieth, born \\\ Rut- 
land April 1, 1714 (Town record), married 
Nathan (ioodale, Sept. 11, 1705 (see Goodale.) 

Some of his papers are presei'ved by his de- 
scendants of the fourth and tiftli generations 
uow residing in tliis city, among them is his 
will made at Kniland April 27, 1772, witnessed 
by Rev. Joseph Uuekminster and liis son Jos- 
eph Jr. It is an interesting document and 
mentions his sons Simou, Aaron and Moses 
and dau.ghters Catharine, Elizabeth((;ood!(le), 
.Susanna and Louisa, and children of his dau. 
Sarah. He appoints his wife Susanna, aud 
sons Aaron and Moses executors.— P. 

tTown record, June 27, 1742. 



LIEUT. SIMON PHELPS* 

who departed this life 

Jan. 0!?i 1788 in ye 

47 year of age. 

Behold my friends in me you see 

An emblem of what you must be. 



In 

Memory of 

MRS. TABITHA PHELPS 

Relict of Lieut. Simon Phelps 

who died Nov. y<? 2nd 

1791 in y^' 50 year 

of her age , 

Death is a debt to Nature due, which I have 

paid and so must you. 

JOHN POWERS 

Died 

June 23. t 1842 

M. 87. 

Erected by J. P. 

ANNA 

Relirt of 

John Powers 

died 

Nov. 23. 1846. 

.E. 89. 

Erected by R. P. 

PERSIS E. 

died Aug. 26tti l,S55, 

aged 20 years. 

HARRIET L. 

died May lOtli, 1831, 

aged 11 yeari. 

Danghter.s of Rohert 

(Iv: Dolly Powcr.s. 

Weep not for us Parents & Sisters dear 

We are not dead but sleeping here. 



ABEL PARMENTKRt 
Died 
Apr. 12. 1834. 
.Kt. 78. 



MINDWELLg 

wife of 

Abel Parmenter 

Died 

Jan 21. 1844 

NA. 84. 



In Memory of 

CAPT. BENJAMIN PUTNAM|| 

who died 

April 19th 1815. 

^Et. 54. 



*Son of Capt. John Phelx")S. brother to Eliz- 
abetli (Phelps) (ioodale, the Ohio pioneer. He 
was a Minute Man and was in the first com- 
pany marching to Cambridge Apr. 19, 1775. — P. 

tTown record, June '24. 

|Son of Lieut. Joseph Parmenter and Mary 
his, wife, who were early settlers and had a 
large family. 

§She was dati. of John Briant and Esther 
Stone (dau. of Samuel ami Mindwell (Stevens) 
Stone) grandchild of Dea. Joseph Stevens, 
who lost two sons killed by Indians and two 
carried awav captives. (See Reed's History 
of Rutland.)— P. 

IIThis Putnam family were of the celebrated 
familv of Danvers, JMass. — P. 



Momimental Inscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 



25 



111 ^lemnrv of 
MR. KUFUS PUTNAM 
son of Mr. Benjamin & 

Mrs. Martha Putnam 
who died Mav 11. 1807. 

^:t. 20. 
In full faith of obtaining 
A glorious immortality. 

In Memory of 

MISS CLARISSA" PUTNAM, 

Daut of Mr. Benjamin a 

— Mrs. Martha Putnam 

who died June 20. 1811. 

vEt. 19. 
Hers was the hope which is 
as an anchor to the soul. 



Erected 

In Memory of 

JOSEPH PUTNAM eon of 

Capt Benj. & Mr? Martha 

Putnam who deed JanY 

25*^ 1797 aged 7 years. 

In Memory of Mrs 

MARY REEL)* the Wife 

of Benjamin Reedt 

She deed Aug^t ye 4tli 

1777 in the 

60 year of her age. 

Here lies the 

Body of BENJAMIN 

REED son of Mr. 

Benjm & Mrs. 
Mary Reed who 
Dec^i Aug>t 30 

1749 Aged 3 
years 9 I\I. 2 Ds. 

Here lies the 
Body of MARY 
REED Daughr of 
Mr. Benj a & Mt? 
]\Iarj^ Reed who 
Dec<l Sept'" ye 4 
A.D. 1749 Aged 5 vears 
8 M. & 1 D. -^- 

Here lies the 

Bodv of EDMUND 

REED son of Mr. 

Reed who Dec<l 

Sept. 10 1749 

Aged 1 year 

10 M. & 24 Ds. 



*She was Mary, dau. of Benj. Muzzy of Cam- 
bridge, born 1717. In the sickness of 1749, all 
their living children (throe) died within 12 
days. Their son Benj. was Icilled at Bunker 
Hill (see his mon. ins.) — P. 

tBenj. Reed was son of Wm. and Rebecca 
(Stone) Reed (dau. of Dea. Samuel Stone and 
sister of Capt. Samuel Stone of Lexington and 
Rutland.)— P. 



BENJAMIN REED son of Mr. 

Benjamin A Mrs. Mary 

Reed 

He was slain in 

Battle of Bunkers Hill 

June y*> 17 1775. 

in the 2(3 year 

of his age. 

In 

Memory of 

MPf ELIZABETH REED 

wife of 

Mr Jonas Reed Jr. 

who died 

July 29th 1792 

in ye 2()th yr 

of her age. 

In Memory of 
BETSEY RiEED 

Daughter of 
Mr Jonas & Mrs 
Elizabeth Reed 

who died 

Janr 17th 1797— 

Aged 12 yr 

In 

Memory of 

SALLY REED 

daughr of Jonas & 

Elizabeth Reed 

who died June 7. 

1807 .Et. 21 ys. 

Youth is no defence against the shaft of death. 

In jNIemory of 

RUFUS REED 

eon Mr Jonas and 

My? Eliz'i. Reed 

who died 

Dec. 22 1801 

Aged 11 years. 

In Memory of 

MRS. ELIZABETH 

wife of 

Mr. Sue! Reed 

who died 

Sep. 14. 1831. 

yEt. 46. 

In ]\Iemory of 

Mrs lydia read 

Comfort of Captain .John Read 

who died Septr 17, 1791 in the 

26 year of her age. 

t Could grateful love recall the fleeting 
P> breath 

Or fond affection soothe relentless death 
Than had this stone ne'er claimed a social 

tear 
Nor read. to thoughtless man a lesson 
here. 



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Monumental Inscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 



JOHN REED 2<l 

Died 

April 2. 1835 

.Et. 32. 

In Memory of 

LYDIA WATSON READ 

Dau. of Col. .Folin & Mrs. 

Mary Read who died 

Sept. 1st, 171)7 aged 

<S months 17 days. 

Exchanged the cradle for the grave 

Erected 

In Memory of 

MR. JASON READ* 

— wlio died 

March 15. 1S22. 

.Et. 47. 

In Memory of 

Deac. JONAS REEDt 

who died 

April 5'h ISOli 

.Et. 84. 

Blessed are the dead \vho 

die ill the Lord. 

In Memory of I\Ir9. 

ELIZABETH REED; wife of 

Deacon Jonas Reed. She — 

Dec^i Sept the 25th 

1777 in the 54th 

year of her age 

The lids she so seldom could close, 
By sorroAvs Forbidden to slesp, 
Sealed \\\i in eternal repose, 
Have strangely forgotten to weep. 

In 

Memory of 

MKs MARGil REED 

wife of 

Dea. Jonas Reed 

& formerly 

wife of 

Capt. Benj. Miles? 

who died 

Feb'- 19th 1794 

Aged G4 yrs 

& 4 Ms. 



•■■Son of Jason, Sr., who died Mar. 1, 1813 fc. 
81. Father, son and grandson lived on the 
great road north some three miles from the 
Center village. The great house was known 
;is the " Jason Read tavern." He kept several 
yoke of oxen ready to hitch and help the heavy 
wagons of merchandise np a long, steep hill 
<>n their way to the northern and western 
towns. Both house and highway were long 
since abandoned.— P. 

tHe was father of Jonas the Historian, who 
died June 2, 1829, and brother of Benj.— P. 

JShe was dau. of Joseph Wright of Concord. 
This branch of the family from Lexington 
hpell the name R-t-t-d ; those from Concord, 
ie-e-a-d.— P. 

gSee page 103. 



Memento Mori. 

Here lies the Bodv 

of JONAS REED .-.'.n 

of Mr. Jonas Reed 

and Mrs. Elizabelli 

his wife, who deed 

October 8th 175(1 

Aged 5 years (i 

months i 21 davs 



And also Elizabeth 

Reed, daughter— 

of Mr Jonas Reed 

&. Elizabeth his 

wife,* who died 

October 6th, 1756 

Aged 11 Months 

and 2 Days. 



Deacon 

JONAS REED.t 

Born 

April 21. 1759. 

Died June 2. 1839 

—aged 80 years 

He was a distinguished man in town 
having held many inii)ortant ofiices, 
till of which he discharged with ability and 
integrity. 
Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord. 



MRS. ABIGAIL REEDJ 

wife of 

Dea. Jonas Reed 

Born at Newton Oct. 17, 

17 6 1 

Died at Spencer July 2. 

1842 

in her 82*3 year. 

In 

Memory of 

BENJ. H. REED 

son of 

Mr. Jonas Reed Jr. 

& Abigail Reed 

who died 

Dec 1() 1798 

aged 4 y. A 6 M. 



WILLIAM REED 

son of 

Dea. Jonas & Mrs. 

Abigail Reed 

Born October 30. 1798 

Died Feb. IG. 1840. 

aged 41 years 

He was modest and unassuming in his deport- 
ment, and highly respected and esteemed by 
all who knew him. 

Jesus my God I know his name 
His name was all my trust 
Nor will he put my soul to shame 
Nor let my hopes be lost. 



*These children were both buried in one 
grave. Rutlainl lost about 60 children in the 
fall of 1756, from an epidemic sickness.— P. 

tDeacon Jonas Reed was a son of Deacon 
Jonas Reed preceding. He was author of 
Reed's BMory of Rutlmid. Mr. Reed was born 
in Holden, but was baptized in the first Meet- 
inghouse in Rutland the day after his birth, 
and lived in Rutland for over 70 years on the 
same farm and died as above. 

l\Vife of Dea. .lonas Keed preceding.— P. 



Monumental Inscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 



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Memento Mori 

My glass is run — 

In Memory of 

MR. TH0MA8 READ- 

who died Sept vf 20t'.' 

1788 in yt' «4tii year 

of his age. 

Beneath tliese clods of silent dust 
I sleep where all ye living must 
The gayest youth & fairest face 
In tim;' must he in this dark place 
When ye Arch angel's trump shall call 
And frlim their grave y^ Ded shall I'ise 
In triumph soar ahove the skies. 

In Memory of 

MRS. SARAH READ 

the AVife of air. 

Thomas Read. She 

Deed Fe])iT 

ye loth in ye 78rd 

year of her age. 

Ill ]\leniorv of 

MR. .JOEL READ 

son of Capt. Thomas Read 

& Mrs. his wife 

who was drownedt June ye ISt'h 

1783 in the 2;*) year of 

his age. 

In Memory of 
ALBERT READ 

who died 

April 4.1: 1835 

S.i 19 ye 11 Ms. 

& 21 days. 

Thy earthly Joys were soon matnr'd 

To soon the sweets of life were o're 

The saints eternal rest secur'd 

Thy bosom braves the storm no more. 



ELIZA READ 

Died 

Feb. 15. 1854 

.^t. 50 yrs. 11 Mos. 

& 7 ds. 

Sacred to the Memory 

of 

CAPT. THOMAS READj^ 

who died 

September 12ih 1788 

Aetatis 54. 



In Memorv of Mrs. 

HANNAH READ I 

—who died :\Iarch JQth 1803 

in the 69 year of her 

age. 

"He was among the first settlers and pro- 
prietors.— P. 

tDrowned while fishing in Muschopague 
Lake.— P. 

|Town record, April 3. 

gSon of Thomas Read of i^udbury, one of 
the proprietors of Rutland. — P. 

IIHannah Nurse. 



In Memory of THOMAS 

READ son of Mr. Thomas 

Read Jun. & Mrs. Hannah 

his wife born Augst ye 

4>i.i 1765. Deed 
Decern'- ye 17th* 17^7. 

In Memorv of 

Mr. JONATI I AN REA Dt 

who Deed Sejit. ye 15tli 

1773 in ye 35 year 

of his age. 

\\\ Memorv of the 

Widow H.INNAII 

READj Consort of 

INIr. Jonathan Reed 

late of Ruthuul Deed 

She died July 21. 

1782 in ye 37 year 

of her age. 

In Memorv of 
MP- 
THOMAS REEDii 
who died 
Oct. 4. 1835. 
yEt 63. 

In Memorv of 

MRS. LUCINDA W.|| 

wife of 

Thomas Read 

who died 

Oct. 4. 1844 

^Et 71. 

In Memory of 

THOMAS READ 

son of Mr. Tiio^ and 

Mrs. Lucinda Read 

who died Aug. 29t^i 

1800 aged 1 year 

11 months it 15 days. 

In Memorv of 

ABIGAIL READ 

Daur of JIV Tho": and 

M's Lticinda Read 

who died Sept. 18th 18OO 

Aged 6 years and 

7 months. 

In Memorv of 

ALMIRA READ 

Daur of Mr. Thos^ & 

Mrs. Lucinda Read 



'■'Town record gives, .Ian. 17, 1767. 

tSon of Thomas, one of the first proprie- 
tors.— P. 

Jllanuah Mayhew, married 1766.— P. 

jGrandson of Thomas Read, one of the first 
proprietors. — P. 

IILucinda, dau. of Abraham and Jemima 
(Walker) Wheeler.— P. 



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Monumental Imcripiions, Rutland, Mass. 



who (lied Octr 12tli 

1800 aged 3 years 

4 months & 19 days 

In Memory of 
LIEUT. DANIl'^L KEED* 
who died March IG. 1816. 

in the 42 year 
of his age. 

How lov'd hoAV valu'd once avails the not 
To ■whom related or by whom begot 
A heap of dust alone remains to thee 
It all thou art and all proud shall be. 

In Memory of 

DANIEL READ 

son of Mr. Daniel 

& Mrs. Rebecca Read 

-who died Nov. 9th i807 

m. 2 years 2 M. 5 D. 

So soon onr transient comforts fiy, 

And pleasures only bloom to die." 

Erected 

In Memory of 

MISS LOISA'READ 

Dangliter of 

Mr. Daniel a Mrs. Rebecca Read 

who died May Hi 1814 

-Et. 15 years & 9 months 



In Memory of 
DANIEL B. READ 
son of Mr. Daniel & 

Mrs. Rebecca Read 
who died Jan. 1. 1815 

M. 2 yrs. A 2 ms. 

In Memory of 

NATHANIEL M. READ 

son of Lt. Daniel & 

Mrs. Rebecca Riad 

who died June 9. 1816. 

-E. 6 month. 



In Memory of 

Mk DAVID "RICEt 

who died April 22. 1801 

In the S4th year 

of his age 



•■'Grandson of Thomas, one of the first pro- 
prietors. — P. 

+He came from Marlboro and in 1755 mar. 
Miss Love Moore, dau. of Lieut. Paul Moore, 
lived on the Musehopague farm, bought of 
Capt. Edward Rice. 

They had hve children, one of the daughters 
(Hannah) mar. Solomon, son of Rev. .Tosejh 
Buckminister, of whom it is recorded, •'al- 
though he was a minister's son, he was a real 
laborious and respectable farmer." 

David Piice was a prominent and useful 
man and took an active part in achieving in- 
dependence. 

His death was the first in the house for 
eighty years. No wonder this site was chosen 
one hundred years later by the State of Mass- 
achusetts for its hospital for the cure of pul- 
monary diseases. — P. 



Here lies Buried 

ye Body of Cap. 

EDWARD RICE,* 

who died Sept 

27th 1756 in' 

ye 67 year of 

his age. 



Here lies Buried 
ye Body of MAR- 
THA RiCE Daugh. 
of Mr. Edward & 
Rachel Rice 
who died Sep; 
19 1756 in ye 
16 year of 
her age. 



In 

Memory of 
MR. JOHN RICEt 
who died 
July 20.i 1820. 
■ .Et 74. 
Also Mrs. LYDIA 
Relict of Mr. John Rice 
died March 21. 1825. 
..Et 71. 
Behold the spirit of the .Just, 
Ascend to God on high ; 
And though the body sleeps in dust 
The soul shall never'die. 



ASA RICE 

Died 

Aug. 28. 1856 

^t. 80. 



CHARLOTTE '■ 
wife of ■•' 
Asa Rice 
Died Feb. 19. 1855 
yEt 79 years. 



Although you sigh as you pass by 
As you are now so once was I 
As I am now soon you must be 
Prepare for death and follow me. 



In Memory of 

ISAAC S. RICE?— 

son of 

Mr. Asa & 

Mrs. Charlotte Rice 

— who died 

June 26. 1827. 

aged 18 years. 

One fatal shot not soon forgot 
That hurl'd him to the Tomb. 



••■He and his wife Rachel ^vere from Sud- 
bury and were the first settlers on "Rice Hill." 
He waB in active military serAice in 1724, and 
was active in affairs of the town and church. 
His son Edward Rice, Jr., mar. Mary, sister of 
Jeduthan Stone.— P. 

tGrandson of Edward Rice and his wife 
Mary. Lived on Rice Hill— had ten children. 
—P. 

JTown record, July 10. 

gHe was killed by accidental dischargeiof a 
gun in his own hands.— P. 



Monumental Inscriptions, Rzitland, Mass. 



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Here lies tlie body 

of AARON RICE son to 

Capt Aaron Rice* 

who died Sept ye 12'h 

1766 

in the 19tb year 

f>f his age. 

(This is a common field stone, and loois 
very old, and quite hard to read.) 

In Memory of 
ELLEN F. RICE 

Daughter of 

Mr. Dwight A. & 

Mrs. Emily F. Rice 

who died 

August 30. 1831. 

aged 1 year 

11 months. 



CHARLOTTE S. 

Dau. of 

D. A. & E. F. Rice 

died 

June 16. 1859. 

M. 22. 

A loved bright hope hath faded now 
A cherished one hath passed away 
Along the unseen shores f>f time 
As sits the golden star of day. 

HENRY H. 

died Aug 12. 1841. 
aged 1 yr. & 23 ds. 

MARY ANN 

died Oct. 7. 1841. 

aged 9 yr. 3 m. Id. — 

Children of Dwight A. 

& Emily F. Rice. 

I t:ike these little lambs said He 
And lay them in my breast 

Protection they shall find in mc 
In me be ever blessed. 

In Memory of 
ABIGAIL! wife of Brigham 
RUGGLESj who died Deer 

22. 1827. .E. 37. 

Ako an Infant died Julv S^d 

1827. 

Departed worth. 



*Reed calls the father "Quartermaster 
Aaron Rice," a brother of Edward.— P. 

jAbigail Grain. 

JBrigham Ruggles was born in Hardwick, 
Mass., in 1784, was son of Lemuel and grand- 
son of Benjamin, who was a cousin of the 
celebrated Gen. Timothy Knggles. one of the 
most conspicuous men of his time, having 
been Brig. Gen. of Provincial troops in the 
French war. As a lawyer, he was a rival of 
the celebrated Otis, and was a Chief .Justice 
at the beginning of the Revolution. He was 
a representative to the General Court for 
twenty years. Speaker of that body, Delegate 
from Massachusetts to the First Congress, 
which assembled in New York in Hfio. and 
was elected Presideut;of that Body, but refused 



In ^Memory of 
ALBIORT H. RUGGLES 
eldest son of Mr. 
Brigham & ^Mrs. Abi- 
gail Ruggles who 
died Jan 2. 1818 
.Et. 3 years 2 m. & 24 d. 
Even so it is not the will of your 
Father which is in Heaven that 
One of these little ones should perish. 

Capt. 
TIMOTHY RUGGLES* 

died Aug. 14. 1810. 

aged 6t) years. 

JUDITH RUGGLES 

died January 25. 1838. 

aged 93 year.s &. 9 mo. 

S.\MUEL Ruggles 

died Nov. 21. 1786. 

aged 1 year & 9 months. 

Thomas Ruggles 

died Oct. 3. 1791. 

age<i 1 year a 10 months. 

.IdNATHAN RuGGLKS 

died Sept. 28. 1807. 

aged 25 years A 3 months, 

Timothy Ruggles 

died July 5. 1825. 

aged 40 years & 4 months. 

(On one stone.) 

In Memory of 

MRS. SARAH RUSSELL 

wife of 

Doct Absalom Russell 

late of Paxton deceas'd 

who departed this life 



to sign its proceedings. He was reprimanded 
therefor by tlie Mass. House of Representa- 
tives. Soon after the b( ginning of the Revo- 
lution he became a Refugee and spent his last 
days in Nova Scotia. 

The Ruggles family through a number of 
generations were connected with the foremost 
families (by marriage) in Nuw Englaml.and 
were remarkal)l(' for their great physical and 
mental vigor and the large number of distin- 
guished persons bearing the name. 

Brigham Ruggles, by his second wife, 
( 'harlo.te Maynard, was the father of the late 
Charles Brigham Ruggles, of Cincinnati, O., 
wiiowas born in Rutland, and alsoMr. George 
Lemuel Ruggles of < 'olumbus, O. — P. 

*He was proliably son of Samuel and Alice 
(Sherman) Ruirgles of Rochester, Mass., who 
was brother of the cclebraitd Gen. Timothy 
Ruggles, and son of the noted minister of 
Rochester, 171(i-176S, having preached 58 yrs. 

.Samuel, the father, removed to liarre, 
Mass., after 1746, and died there in 1802, aged 
87. 

Capt. Ruggles lived with his grandfather in 
Rochester, but was in Rutland before 1778 and 
his faim is the same that has been known in 
recent years as the "Holden Place," the d well- 
ing beiiig but a short distance from the "Bur- 
goyne Barracks," and near the liouse of Chri.s- 
toplier Burlingame, a hatter son-in-law to 
Rufus Putnam who accompanied him to Ma- 
rietta in 1790.— P. 



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Monumental Inscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 



for a better Dec. 10. LSOl. 

iu the 42 year 

of her age. 

In Memory of 

MEHETABLE LINC<JLN 

RUSSELL daughter ox 

Doct Absalom &. 

Mrs. .Sarah Russell who 

died at Rutland Sept 10. 

1800 Aged 10 years 1 mth 

& 21 (lays. 

Here lies Burried 

tlie Bndv of Mr> 

MEHETABEL SANDERS 

Wife of Mr Daniel 

Sanders* wlio departed 

this life Janry 27t'i 

1746 in ye 25 

year of her age 

In memory of M^s 
SARAH SANDERS 
Wife of Ml- Daniel 
Sanders who die<i 
Aug 30th i7;)2 aged 
75 years 

In memorv of 

]\IEHITABEL Dau 

of Daniel Sanders 

and Sarah his wife 

Dec'i Aug 30 

1 750 Aged 2 ys 

5 months 25 

days 

In ]\[emorv of 

ZILLAH Dau>- of Mr 

Daniel Sanders & 

Sarah Ins Wife 

Died Sept lltii 1756 

Aged 1 \'ear 7 mo. 

& 18 days. 



Erected 

In iiiemory of 

IMr. 

NATHANIEL SAWYER 

who died Aug. 2(>. 1851. 

aged S7 years 

Mrs. 

BETSEY SAWYER 

his wife 

who died Sept. 2. 1S51. 

aged 81 years. 

Their flesh .sliaH slumber in the sjrave 
Till the Itist trumpets .loyful soiiiui 
Then burst the liouds in ^hid suppriso 
And in their Saviour's image rise. 



Here lies interred 
the remains of 

MARY^ once wife 
of Mr. Edward 

Savage* who died 

February 10 1707. 

in the 00 year 

of her age. 



In Memorv of 
MRS. LOVINA 

Wife of Mr. 

Silas Skinner and 

Daughter of Mr. 

Alpheus & Mrs. 

Lucy Strattou 

who died March 29. 

183:] yEt. 32. 



In 

Memory of 

MRS. 

CLARISSA SKINNER 

wife of 

Mr. Silas Skinner 

and Daughter of 

Major Silas and Mrs. 

Anna Furbush 

who died 

Aug. 30. 1825. 

'^Et. 22. 

The sweet reniembranee of the Just 
Shall tlourish when they .sleep iu dust. 



MR. SILAS SKINNER 

died Apr. 11. 1838 

aged 44 years 

MARY 

Silas (S: Lovina Skinner 

died July 24 1830 

aged 7 years. 

Erected in memorv of 

Mr JAMES SMITHt who died 

April 23t<^ 1787 in the 63'^l 

year of his age 

The just behold with sweet delight 

The Blised three in one 
And strong aflections fix their sight 

On God's incarnet Sou. 



Mh: 



In 
Memorv of 
SALLY SMITH 

wife of 



*Daniel Sanders and wives were from Med- 
field and Marlborough. He was a good farmer 
and a weaver of coverlets. At his death he 
left a very large estate.— P. 



*They came from Ireland (with letters from 
I'res. church) in 1728 and settled in Ruthmd. 
Had 7 children, of whom Isaac m. Thankful 
Stone. 1766. and Eunice m. Elijah Stone, 1771. 
They were cousins, and relatives of Israel, the 
Ohio pioneer. — P. 

tProbably son of James and Margaret, who 
were emigrants from Ireland and settled 
about 1720 ; were Presbyterians. Their fotir 
son;? settled not far away and were "good, 
respectable farmers and citizens."— P. 



Monumental Insctiptions, Rutland, Mass. 



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Mr Lockert Smith 

who died 

May ye 6t.h 1793 

in ye 27 y^ 

of her age. 

In 

Memorv of 

LUCY SMITH 

Mr Lockert & 

Mv? Sally Smith* 

who died 

July 14. 1793. 

in ye 2 yr 

of her a^e. 



In Memorv of 

MRS. BETSY 

wife of 

Capt James Smith 

who died 

Aug 12. 1837. 

yEt. 46. 



In Memorv of ISIr. 

WILLIAM SMITHt Who 

Dec<l Sept. ve 15tli 

1772 in the 

52 year of 

his age. 



In memorv of Mr 

WILLIAM SMITHi 

Who Deed Angst 

ye 9th 1770 in 

ye 78 year of 

His age. 



In memorv of Mr'* 

MARY SMITH ' 

Wife of Mr. Williiuri 

Smith. She Deer 

March ye 23J 1760 

iu ye 82 year of 

Her age. 



In Memorv of 

WILLIAM SMITHii 

w^ho died July 7th 

1804 .Et. 56 years. 

In IVIeniorv of 

MRS. BETSEY 

wife of Mr. William Smith 

who died 

Mav 8 1829. 

^Et. 66. 

In Memorv of 

Lieut GEORGE" SMITH,! 

who died 



-Mrs. Smith was a dan. of Mr. .John Watsou; 
mar. Oct. 12, 1784, had four children and died 
Mav 6, 1793. Mr. Smith mar. second Mary, 
dan. of Mr. Moses Baxter of Ruthmd. Mrs. 
Mary Smith had eleven children. 

fHe came from Weston, with wife and 7 
ch., in 1765. Two sons were in the Revolution. 
He had 10 ch. and has a numerous posterity. 
—P. 

JFatherof the preceding, who accompanied 
him to Rutland, )jeing blind— P, 

iSon of William vd.. — P. 

liSon of first James and Margaret: m. 1752. 
.Tane Macclewain, who with her sister were 
the only survivors of a large family from ship- 
wreck on their passage to America.— P. 



March 30 1799. 
in ye 73 yr. 
of his age 

Jesus, and when shall that dear day 

That Joyful hour appear; 
When I shall leave this houfe of clay, 

To dwell amongst 'em there? 



In memory of Mrs 

AGNES SMITH* daughtr 

of Mr James & Mr-* 

Margret Smith She 

Departed this life 

April the 27th 1777 

in the 21st year of 

Her age 

In niomory of 

Capt. 

JAMES SMITHt 

who died 

Aug. 7. 1827. 

EA. 39. 

Miss ASENATH B SNOW 

died November 6. 1838. 

in the 22 year of her age 

Here lies the 
Body of MR MATHw 
SPARROWt who died 

April 12th 17B7. 

aged 78 years. 

Here lies the 

Body of MARY 

wife of Mr. 

Mathew 

Sparrow who 

died July 17tii 

1761 aged 

77 years. 

In memorv of 

JUSTISi! son of 

Daniel & Anna 

STONE 

who died July 20 

1778 

aged 2 years 

it 4 months. 

Sacred to the memorv of 

HARVEY STONE 

who departed this life 

Dec. 17. 1846. 

Aged 59 years. 



-Grauddau. of the first James and Margret 
and sister of James 3d, who as a Minute Maa 
at Bunker Hill was beside Benj. Reed wheu 
he was killed. In 1778, he m. Mary Browning, 
fister of Lieut. Wm. Browning, son-in-law of 
Gen. Rufus Putnam.— P. 

tSon of Lo<kirt Smith. 

tTown record gives the name Slarrow, and 
date April 13. , , . 

gGrandson of Simon & Hannah his wife 
Came from Framingham about 1715.— P. 



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Mo7iumcntal Inscriptions, Rutlmid, Mass 



In memory of 

DANIEL STONE 

■who died Jan. 28tli 1796 

in the 8 year of his age. 

Also CLARK STONE 

who died June 8tb 1793 

Mi. 9 months Sons of Mr, Jonas 

Stone & Mrs. Lydia his wife. 

Erected In memory of 

MR. SIMEON* STONE 

who departed this life 

May 12th 1785 in the 

66 year of her age. 

ICi'ected 

In memory of 

MRS. HANNAH STONE, 

Relict of Mr. Simeon 

Stone, who died 

March 24th 1801 

in the 81*t year 

of her age. 

DANIEL STONE son 
of Mr. Simeon Stone 
A Mrs. Hannah Stone 

died Aug 9th 
1754 

aged 6 years 

5 M? & 16 Ds. 

LUCY STONE Dau. 

of Mr. Simeou Stone 

& Mrs. Hannah iiis 

Wife Died Sept lUtb j- 

1756 
aged 2 years & 29 Ds. 

In memory of Lieut. 

SAMUEL STONEt who 

Dec^i Decemr lO^h 

1775 in the 40t.h 

year of his age. 

STEVEN STONE 

June 9th 

1845 .?s 



"■"'Eeed's Rutland" calls him "Simon," 
who with wife Hiir.iiah came from Framing- 
ham about 1745. He was a tanner by occupa- 
tion. One dau. was living in 1836 aged above 
!>0. They were of the same race as the other 
JStonesof Rutland.— P. 

tTown record gives Sept. 14. 

ISon of Samuel Stone, Jr., and Mindwell 
Stevens, grandson of Capt. Samuel and Abi- 
gail (Reed) Stone of Sudburv and Rutland. 
He m. Patience Atberton, who d. 17.59 ; 2nd 
wife was Dorothy, dau. of Dr. Hezekiah 
Fletcher. Both father and son were active 
participants in the Revolution, dying in the 
service. — P. 

gThis is a common flat field stone, very well 
faced and trimmed, rounded at the top, and 
rudely cut with a common stone chisel, I 
should judge. (Age about one year. He was 
the fourth child of Samuel a"nd Mindwell 
(Stevens) Stone.— P. 



JEDUTHAN STONE* 

died March 8, 1829 ; 

aged 80. 

ELIZABETHt 

Widow of 

Jeduthan Stone 

died Get. 8, 1839 ; 

aged 85. 

PATTY STONE 

their daughter 

died Feb. 20, 1846 ; 

aged 66. 



In memory of 
Mr. ' 
CALVIN STONEt 
who died 
Jan. 20, 1827 
fe 46. 
Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord 
They rest from their labors & their works do 
follow them. 

Erected 

In memory of 

MRS. EUNICE" STONEi^ 

wife of Lieut. Elijah 

Stone who died 

Sept. 20th l.sii. 

in the 60 year of 

her aye. 



He was of the sixth generation from Greg- 
ory, the emigrant, through his son Samuel. 

tShe was dau. of Israel How, of the ancient 
Hf)W family who built the "Way.side Inn," 
lit Sudburv. 

Tlieir eldest danarhter, Elizabeth, b. July 2, 
1774. m. May 29. 180'4, Wm. Bassett, of Keene, 
N. H. They with their six daughters emigra- 
ted to Keene, Coshocton Co., O., in 1828. Both 
3)arents died before 183.3. All the daughters, 
save one, m. and settled in Ohio, Illinois and 
Iowa. Miss Sarah Estabrook Bassett, died 
June 22. 1902, aged 90 years, in Cambridge, O., 
in the family of her sister's grandchildren, 
the Misses .'^"tone. Margaret Bassett Stone, 
their neice, aged five years, represents the 
fifth generation from Jeduthan Stone. 

Their eldest son, AVillard, was b. March 8, 
1776; m. Feb. 3, 1801, Polly Merriam. He 
owned and lived in the home of his ancestors 
f)f tnree gencnitions On their monument in 
tiie rural cemetery in Rutland are the follow- 
ing inscriptions : 

Capt. AVILLIARD STONE 

died Mch. 16. 1861. 

aged 85. 

POLLY 

wife of Williard Stone, 

died Mch. 5, 1829, 

aged 50 years. 

NANCY 

2nd wife of Williard Stone 

died July 10, 1S55, aged 70 vears. 

—P. 
IHe was son of Jeduthan and Elizabeth 
(Howe) Stone.— P. 

^She was the youngest dau. of Edward and 
Mary Savage, who came from Ireland with let- 
ters from Presb. ch. in 1728. He was the youn- 
gest son Of Samuel Stone, Jr., and therefore 
nephew to Nathan Stone the father of Jedu- 
than.— P. 



]\Io?iioncrital hiscriptio?is, Rutland, Mass. 



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In Memory of 
JOHN STONE EsqR Who* 
Dec<i October ye 11 ih 177ti 
in the 74th year of his age. 

A kind husband it 

Tender Father. 

The memory of the just is bltssed. 

Here lies Buried v© 

Bodv of Mil? ELIZABETH 

STONEt Wife of Mr. Joh;i 

Stone who dec'^ Mav 

the 21 A. D. i751 

in ye 38 year of her age. 

Witii 2 of "^their Children at 

Her left hand. 1^^ Dorcas Stone 

who Dec"? December 22. 

A.D. 1747 aged 2 years 7 

M. A 12 D. 211.(1 Son Still 

born May 19. 1751. 

In memory of Mrs. 

ABIGAILJ STONE Dau- 

trliter to John Stone 

Esq. d- Mrs. Elizabeth 

his wife, wlio Dee<l 

Feb. 15.? 1755 in the 

21 year of her age. 



'■Father of Israel, the Ohio pioneer. He 
came from Framingham and was grandson of 
" Elder John," the eldest son of Gregory, the 
emisTant. 

The wife of this John Stone was Elizabeth, 
b. at Lexington, Dec. 'Jl, 1713, dau. of (apt. 
8am'! Stone, great grauddau. to Samuel, Ibe 
youngest sou of Gregory. 

They lived on the east side of Muschopague 
Lake. He held town offices, was deacon of the 
church in 1736. His youngest son, Israel, b. 
April 13, 1749, inherited this farm and \i was 
here his children, ten in number, were born. 

In September, 1790, the mother and eight 
children, in company with Rufus Putnam 
with his family, and others began the journey 
to the Ohio Country, arriving in eighi weeks, 
joined the father aufl iwo children who had 
preceded them. Two of them lived to a great 
age. 

Judge Benj. F. Stone of Chillicothe. O.. is a 
great grandson. See N. E. Magazine, April, 
1897, article, " Rutland to Marietta.") 

The Stones of Rutland were descended 
from (the eldest John and the youngest Sam- 
uel) sons of Gregory, the emigrant— who came 
in 1635 — by his two wives, Margaret Gerard, 

mother of John and widow Lydia ( ) 

Cooper, mother of Samuel. 

Gregory came from Nayland by the Stour, 
Co. Suflfolk, where he was married and his 
children were born. He was born, Vi^Xl. at 
Great Bromley, Co. Essex, Eng. His ancestry 
extends back four generations in this parish 
to Symond Stone, born early in the 15th ceu- 
turv. His will is in tlie British Museum, and 
dates May 12, 1506, probated Feb. 10, 1510. He 
was buried in the Church. His holding, called 
" Godewyns," was in the possession of his de- 
scendants 100 years later, called " Goodciies " 
(see Ancestry of Simon and Gregory Stone by 
Wrn. E. stone of Cambridge, Mass.j— 1'. 

tshe wits mother of Israel Stone, the Ohio 
pioneer.— P. 

IShe was sister of Israel, the Ohio pioneer. 

gTown record gives Feb. 16. 



Erected to the memory 

of 

Capt. JOHN STONE* 

who died 

July 30 AD. 1819 M. 

87. 

He was a good man. 

Erected to the memory 

MES. LUCY STONEt 

Relict 

of Capt. John Stone 

who died 

Jan 31 A.D. 1824 .E 89. 

She was a Virtuous woman.— 



In Memory of 

HEZEKIAHI son of 

Mr. John & ]\lrs 

Lucy Stone who 

Deed May 16th 

17()1 ageil 4 — 

years 9 months & 

3 Days. 



In memory of 

SUSANNA Daught. of Mr. 

John & Mrs. Lucy Sto- 

-ne who Deed May 

ye 12th 1767 aged 

1 year 6 months 

'& 12 Days. 

In memory of 

HANNAH Daught of 

Mr. John & Mrs. 

Lucy Stone who 

Deed April 4th 

1776 Aged 

3 years 11 months 

& 15 Days. 

In memory of 

SUSANNA Daught to 

Mr. John c^ Mrs. Lucy 

Stone who Deed 

Apr. 15* 1776 Aged 

1 year 4 months 

& 18 days. 

In memory of 

HEZEKIAH FLETCHER STONE? 

who died March 20. 1854 



-Eldest brother of Isnicl. the Ohio pioneer 
(see N. E. Mag., April, 1S97.) He lived on the 
shore of Muschopague lake, was Lieut, of 
Minute Men and C;apt. of Militia ; tilled all the 
leading offices in the town and was Repre- 
sentative to the General Court.- P. 

tPhe was dau. of Dr. Hezekiah Fletcher.— 
P. 

JFirst child of J. & L. Stone.— P. 

jiHe was son of Capt. John Stone.— P. 



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Monumental Inscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 



Memento Mori 

Erected 

In memory of lUrs. 

SUSANNA! I SWEKTSER* 

formerly wife of Doc" Hez. 

Fletcher who dep:irte<l this life 

May y« l^t 17!H). 

Aged SI rears & 

G Days. 

In memory of 

Mr. 

ALPHETuS STRATTONt 

who died 

Nov. it. 1827. 

.Et. 59. 



Sacred 

to the memory of 

Mk. 

ELISHA SUMNER 

v:lio died April 1, 1,^.19 ; 

After a long and painfui! 

confinement, which lie bore with 

patient ref^ignation to the will of God 

aged 78 years. 



Sacred 

To the memory of 

Mrs. 

NANCY 

Relict of 

Elisha Sumner 

who died 

Nov. 6 1S4S 

Mi S2. 

Blessed are the pure in heart 
for they shall see God. 



In memorv of 

NANCY SUMNER 

who died 

August 27, 1820, 

aged ?>3. 

.■Uso 

ELEANOR SI^MNER 

who dieil 

Nov. oO, LSI 7. 

aged i:'.. 

Erected '^^^ ■ 
In memory of Capf 



PHINEHAS W.\LKER* 

who departed this life 

OctV l<jth 1792. 

In the 71 year of 

his age. 

O ye whose cheek the tear of pitty flames 

Draw near with pious revience and attend 

Here lies the loving husbands dear remains 

The tender Father, and the generous friend. 

Erected 

In memorv of 

MRS. BULAH WALKER! 

Relict of Capt. Phinehas 

AValker who die<;l 

May 4. 1S09. 

In the St) year of 

her age. 

The sweet rememl)ra!iee of the Just 
(Shall liourish when they sleep in dust. 



D 



Erected 

In memory of 

REUBEN WALKERt 

of Prieceton 

who after a Short, but 

useful and Exemplary 

Life dii^d greatlv lamented 

Nov^- sot li" 1797. 

In the 31. year of his 

age. 



In memory of 

MRS. TIRCER WARNER 

wife of 

Mr. Thomas Wilder 

Warner who died 

Oct. 31. 1S02 M. 2(5 

In memorv of 

MRS. THANKFUL 

Wife of Mr John 

Watson^ who died 

June 21st 1769 Aged 

31 vears. 



M!;S SARAH WEDLAND 

wlio was born in Bo.'^ton 

A.D. "1727 and died Feb'T 

—ye 2'1 A.D. 1770. 



In 



ot 



■t (f> 



El' 



memorv 

MISS" 

■;ebia wetherbee 

'^ who died 

^"' April 8. 1833 
.Et. 43. 



*Mothf^r of Lucy Fletcher Stone and grand- 
mother of the children of Capt. John Stone. 
— r. 

tSon of Samuel Stralton, Jr., and Mary 
Easton his wife, and gramlson of Samnel Strt- 
ton, Sr., and Sarah his wife, who were from 
Concord and early settler> in Rutland. Mrs. 
.S. died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John 
Watson, aged 99 years, 10 months and 15 days. 



They came from Sudbury and were among 
Rutland's most valued citizens. He filled 
niiiny offices and was Capt. in the Revolution. 
Two sons were doctors and one a .iustice, and 
the daughters married leading men in the 
town.— P. 

fShe wa.s Bulah Clap of Sudbury.— P. 

json of Phinehas Walker. 

^.They came from Leicester— owned the tan- 
nery east of the village.— 1'. 



Monumental Inscriptions, Rutland, Mass. 



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Erected 

In memory of iVIrs. 

JEMIMA WHEELER* 

wife of Mr. Abraliam 

AVheeler who died 
Deer 2"/! 1802 in the 
57th year of her age. 

Thou dear ilupartod soul U'lieu, 
Thy Hfok'ss clay niust here remain 
Till Christ this body shall rcnue 
. . . with joy shall meet again. 

In memory of 3 

Children of Mv Abraham 

A Mrs Jemima Wheeler ; — 

ABIGAIL died Aug. 5th 

1784 in y<' 9th year of 

her age. 

SILAS died May 29th 1785 

in y^ 7 year of his age. 

Also a son which was — 

Still born April 2'T 1788. 

CAPT. ROWLAND WHEELERt 
Died 

Nov. 13, 1867. 
Aged 82 yrs. 23 ds. 

LYDIA 

wife of 

Rowland Wheeler 

Died 

Feb. 4, 1861, 

aged 72 yre. 

In 

Memory of 

SARAH J. WHEELER 

Daughter of 

Capt. Rowland and 

Mrs. Lydia Wheeler 

who died 

June 14, 1824 

MX. 11 years, & 

6 me. 

SARAH D. 

Wife of 

Luther Wheeler 

Died 

Jan. 17. 1867. 

.E 72 vs. 



who died 

Sept 2. 1822. 

.Et. 59. 

In memory of Mr. 
ISAAC WHEELER* 

who departed 

this life Sept. v^' 22d 

1769 in ye 72d" year 

of his Age. 

ISAAC WHEELERt 
Died 

April 22. 1817. 

.E. 82 ys 

ELIZABETHt 

Died Deer. 22. 1813. 

M. 70 y? 

Erected hy Eli W. Holbrook, 

AVest Boyl.ston. 

In memory of 

MR. JACOB WHEELER? 

who departed this 

life May y<^ 30th 

1773 in yt" 25th 

year of 

his age. 

In 

Memory of 

MRS. 

SUBMIT WHEELER 

Wife of Mr. John Wheeler 

who died 

May l^t 1822 

jEt. 30. 

Why should we mourn, perhaps you mayjsay 
Since God has thought it best, 
To take her soul from hence away 
To its eternal rest. 



Erected 
In memory of 

nathl. hazp:n white F.sq. 

— who departed this life 

Deer. 25. 1804. 

^t. 30. 



Erected 

in memorv of 

Widow CATY WHEELER 

wife of Mr. Abraham Wheeler 



*Daughter of Phinehas Walker, lived near 
"New Boston" and raised a large family. 
Their dau. Mercy, on Nov. 17, 17()3, m. Adam 
Wheeler of Rutland, who was Capt. at Bunker 
Hill, was a brave oflieer during the whole war, 
removed to Hubbardston and was a leader in 
Shay's Kebellion in 1786 (see Stow's Hist, of 
H.)-P. 

fSon of Abraham and Jemima Wheeler.— ]'. 



In memory of 
NATHL. H. WAITE 

son of 

Nathl H. White Esq, 

i*c Mrs. Charlotte 

his wife 

who died ]May 10. 1S05. 

aged 9 months. 

Man Cometh forth like a flower 

and is e\it down. 



'■Came from l^Iedfield early in the settle- 
ment of Rutlanil, and their iarm remained 
for more than a century in the family. — P. 

tSon of Isaac the preceding. 

tDau. of John Stone and sister to Israel 
Stone the Ohio pioneer.--P. 

gSon of Isaac Sr.— P. 



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Momtmenial Imcnptions, Rutia?id, Mass. 



MOSES HAZEN WHITE 

son of William Wiiite 

Born in Boston 

Nov. 8t.b 1778. 

Died in Rutland 

June 6. LS2i<. 

ISABELLA His Wife 

Daugliter of 

John Frink M. D. 

Born Nov. 9. 17<Si). 

Died Nov. 9. 1810. 

In the O Lord have we put our trust 

Truly our hope iw ever in the. 

In nuMuory of 

JOSEPH WOOD- 
who died Oct. 5. 1829. 
Ml. 58. 
Thy dust rests here till .lesns comes 
And claims tlie treasure from the tomh. 

In memorv of Mrs MARTHA 
WOOD Wife of Mr. Joseph 
Wood who died Feh. 4th 
1800 in the 29tii year of 
her age. 
Also, BETSEY WHITING their 
daughter died Feb. 17tli 
1800 aged 13 months 
and 5 days and sleeps 
by her parents side. 
Draw near my friends and take a thous;ht 
How soon the grave must I)e your lot 
Make sure of Christ while lif-"^ remains 
And death shall he eternal gain. 

Erected In memory of 

MRS. PATTY WOOD 

wife of Mr. Joseph "Wood 

& duughv of John Rice 

who died Jan. 12. 1815. 

in tlie 'MS year of 

her age. 

In memory of 

MISS PATTY R. 

daughter of Mr. Jos. 

& Mrs. Patty R. Wood 

who (hed 
April 11.11836 .^t 29. 
Why should I set my heart on things below 
And let My God, My Kaviour go ; " 
I all impiou.s joys resign 
And rest on my Saviour all devinc. 



•■'He was eldest son of Joseph ,who was Lieut. 
at Bunker Hill and elsewhere in 1775.— P. 
tTown record gives April 14. 



In memory of 
.MRS HARRIET WOODBURY 
who died 
Oct. 7. 1814. 
in the 24 yr 
of her age. 
Farewell my loving friends below 
My Jesus calls and I must go 
Jiy Savior's voice I must obey 
No mortal joy is worth my soul. 

In memorv of 

MR. SAMUEL WOODBr^RY, 

who ched Jan. i5. 1828- 

.Et 80. 

JAMES WRIGHT 

son of James & 
Patience Wright 
, died April 80i 1735 

Aged 1 year 
1 month & 15 days. 

MARTEN WRIGHT. 

son of Mr. James* 

& INIrs. Patience 

Wriglit Died 

Aug^t 10. 1741 

Aged 1 year 4 

months &"l4 ds.t 



-The fatlier of James an<l Martin lived at 
the tavern farm of the village. He was son 
ol Capt. Samuel Wright, Indian scout, pro- 
prietors' clerk, selectman, assessor justice 
surveyor, landlord, deacon. Capt. of militia,' 
and leader in all atfairs of the town.— P 

fTown record gives, born March 27 1741- 
died August 10, 1742. 




SE.IL of liUTLAND, I^lASS. 



NoTE.-To Mr. Hanff, Mr. Francis E. Blake, and others, we are indebted for 
supplying the funds necessary to procure these MSS. for publication. 

The sources of information contained in the foregoing notes are from Reed's 
M"'^7Jrfri\ '\' to^y? records of Rutland b| the^ouSesv of Mr. Louis 
p;^K.?f' ^fe-^^* f^^'T?^ histories of Hubbardston, Marlboro, Lexington and 
Cambridge, Hildreth's Pioneer History, private manuscript records, etc. 

D. E. P. 



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